Sweet Baby James
James Taylor

Intro:
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There is a young cowboy;  he lives on the range.
His horse and his cattle are his only companions.
He works in the saddle and sleeps in the canyons,
waiting for summer, his pastures to change.

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And as the moon rises, he sits by his fire
thinking about women and glasses of beer.
And closing his eyes while the doggies retire.
He sings out a song which is soft but its clear,
as if maybe someone could hear.

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Goodnight all you moonlight ladies
Rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Wont you let me go down in my dreams
and rock-a-bye sweet baby James.

Now the first of December was covered in snow
so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of the frosting
with ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go.

There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
a song that they sing when they take to the sea
a song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe if it helps you to sleep
The singing works just fine for me.