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January's always bitter, but lord this one beats all 
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The wind ain't quit for weeks now,  
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And the drifts are ten feet tall 
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I've been all night drivin' hefers, closer in to lower ground 
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And I spent the mornin' thinkin',  
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About the ones the wolves pulled down 
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Charlie Barton and his family,    stopped today to say goodbye 
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Said the bank was takin' over,    the last few years were just too dry 
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And I promised that I'd visit,    when they found a place in town 
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D     G A 
And I spent a long time thinkin',    about the ones the wolves pulled 
down 
Chorous: 
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Lord please shine a light of hope,        on those of us who fall behind 
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And when we stumble in the snow  
                 A                      D 
Will you help us up while there's still time 
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I don't mean to be complainin'   lord you've always seen me through 
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And I know you've got your reasons   for each and every thing you do 
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But tonight outside my window   there's a lonesome mournful sound 
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And I just can't keep from thinkin'  
                                 D      G A 
About the ones the wolves pulled down 
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Lord keep me from being    the one the wolves pull down