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Thread #118328   Message #2557149
Posted By: open mike
04-Feb-09 - 12:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Young Westley (Mary McCaslin)
Subject: Lyr Add: YOUNG WESTLEY (Mary McCaslin)
I found it here:
http://spikesmusic.spike-jamie.com/serendipity/15b/YOUNG-WESLEY.pdf

You would get better response if you include specific clues in the thread title.

YOUNG WESLEY

There once was a gambler and Wesley was his name
He'd drive many times for a chance to play his game
And the light lines surround his eyes, they say
Like the eyes see he come on his way
They tell of a lady who came through to rest awhile
Weary of the rounders as she walks many miles
On that hot dusty day as she watched him at his play
She thought she heard something far inside her say
Oh young Wesley, take me away...way...

She could tell he was an outlaw as she fell in with his gold
She saw herself beside him and on the run once more
But it pained him to remember the life of darkness he once led
And so he told her of a man left lying dead
So she him of the ghosts far from lying cold and still
Off in the prairie nights with their lonely haunting chill
How she still could see the faces of the robbers who are gone
Passed before her 'til the first sun rays of dawn
Oh young Wesley, take me away...way...

He prepared to move when he saw the change come 'round
Like the grateful smile and laughter of one who has been found
But the lady wondered still what kind of games that Wesley played
And as they saddled up to leave some heard her say
You live life as a gambler all along the San Joaquin
In your eyes remain the story of a time she was best seen
But your smile across the campfire makes the dream alive again
'Cause the spirit leaves to ride across the plains
Oh...
Oh...

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SHALOM, from   SPIKE and JAMIE


Now does anyone know the tune or chords?