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Thread #94563 Message #4223882
Posted By: GUEST,John Roberts
07-Jun-25 - 08:10 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Country Comfort (Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Country Comfort (Elton John/Bernie Taupin
I always took "goes roarin' past the creek" to mean alongside it, as in "the train goes roarin' past the house." Otherwise I would have expected Elton to sing "goes roarin' 'cross the creek."