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Thread #102711   Message #3770005
Posted By: Joe Offer
02-Feb-16 - 02:07 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Someday Soon (Ian Tyson) lyrics meaning
Subject: ADD Version: Someday Soon (Ian Tyson)
The version in the Digital Tradition is more-or-less the Judy Collins version that everybody knows. But since the song was written by Ian Tyson, I've built on Genie's transcription and added my hearing of the Ian & Sylvia recording:

SOMEDAY SOON
(words & music by Ian Tyson

There's a young man that I know, just turned twenty-one,
Comes from down in southern Colorado,
Just out of the service and looking for his fun.
Someday Soon going with him, Someday Soon.

My parents cannot stand him 'cause he works the rodeo.
They say, "He's not your kind, he'll leave you crying."
If he asks I'll follow him down the toughest row to hoe.
Someday Soon going with him, Someday Soon.

When he visits me, my pa ain't got one good word to say.
Got a hunch he was as wild back in the early days.

So blow you old blue norther, blow him back to me.
He's likely driving back from California,
He loves his damned old rodeos as much as he loves me,
Someday Soon going with him, Someday Soon.
Someday Soon going with him, Someday Soon.

Here's the Ian Tyson recording, which is closer to the Judy Collins recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NuIKF2D7cw