[Verse 1: Little Feat]
Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines
Where the wide wide river of whiskey winds
Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines
Glory in the territory sanctuary chimes
[Chorus: Little Feat, All]
Wanted to tell you ‘bout a friend of mine
One of, you could call it, the roving kind
Life seems short when you live forever
Wasn’t so smart but pretty damn clever
The Whisky River in the Bluegrass Pines
[Verse 2: Little Feat, All]
Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines
Where the wide widе river of whiskey winds
Deep away in the Bluеgrass Pines
Glory in the territory sanctuary chimes
[Chorus: Little Feat, All]
We both belonged to the same damn chain gang
Me & my late friend Lash LaRue
Wait ‘til morning when the tide rolls out
For things we’d rather not talk about
The Whisky River in the Bluegrass Pines
[Verse 2: Little Feat, All]
Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines
Where the wide wide river of whiskey winds
Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines
Glory in the territory sanctuary chimes
[Bridge: Little Feat, All]
Deep in the Bluegrass Forest at Midnight
Moon turned down as soft as candlelight
Mandolins stutter and banjos frail
While the last electric stars grow pale
The patter of twilight guitars creep
From under the bracken where they sleep
Tones of strings a-tuning
Full choir of bullfrogs crooning
[Break: All]
Deep away
Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines
Glory in the territory sanctuary chimes
[Chorus: Little Feat, All]
Set out on gator back from Lake Diane
A twelve-string banjo in my left hand
Busted up seven along the way
Fives’s all I got left to play
Days gone by out on the run
What little good or harm we done
Those who died, the rest still dyin’
By the Whiskey river in the Bluegrass Pines
[Verse 3: Little Feat, All]
Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines (Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines)
Glory in the territorycemetery chimes
Been on the wagon ninety-nine years
Make it one more, you owe me a beer
[Outro: Little Feat, All]
Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines
Where the wide wide river of whiskey winds
Deep away in the Bluegrass Pines
Glory in the territory sanctuary chimes
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