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Track: Taking a Walk
Artist: John Prine
Album: Fair and Square

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Name: John Prine
Spotify Genres: americana, folk, singer-songwriter, alt country, outlaw country
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American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Co-founder of [l=Oh Boy Records], an independent label which released his records from 1981 onward. Awarded a Lifetime Achievement award at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Born: October 10th 1946, Maywood, Illinois, USA Died: April 7th 2020, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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Release: John Prine - Fair & Square
Year: 2005
Genres: Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Country

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LYRICS

A man came to our house
I believe it was yesterday
I would have invited him in
But I didn't have a lot to say
His anticipation of me opening the door
Outweighed my apprehension as it never had before
And drove my concentration
Right through that hardwood floor

I'm taking a walk
I'm going outside
I'm taking a walk
I'm just getting by

There's a girl in the white house
I don't even know her name
Her disheveled appearance
Speaks volumes of shame

It's an embarrassing situation
But a situation just the same
The way she walks on others
And never takes the blame
Upsets my constitution
Beyond its mortal frame

Oo-oo a-ha

I'm taking a walk
I'm going outside
I'm watching the birds
I'm just getting by

Found a card in the pocket
Of my worn out overalls
From a girl in Cedar Rapids
Now residing in Idaho Falls

I wish you could have been there
When she opened up the door
And looked me in the face
Like she never did before
I felt about as welcome
As a Wal-Mart Superstore

0o-oo - a-ha

I'm taking a walk
I'm going outside
I'm taking a walk
I don't need a ride

I'm watching the birds
Flying so high