Jotted this down on one of those long drives. Just needs a melody and chords.
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Well i’ve known you all my life
I’ve seen your anger and your smiles
Your tears that keep flowing down like rivers
And your mountains that keep going on for miles
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I’ve been from one end to the other
I’ve seen your worst and seen your best
Sometimes I feel like you’re my mother
But now you’ve put me to the test
Oh, Pennsylvania, why do you have to be so long?
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Well I tried so many times to escape
Always traveling here and there
But I always found myself
Coming back to breathe your air
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Susquehanna, so long and so wide
Schuylkill, in the city did I roam
Brandywine, my heart always
Allegheny, my new home
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Steel mills, cornfields and coal mines
Soft pretzels, hoagies, Yuengling beer
Amish buggies, shoo fly pies
Phillies and Pirates all are here
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Endless Mountains spent my youth
Tioga with her canyon wide
Rolling hills of Chester County
Then you led me up to the Heights
Oh, Pennsylvania, why do you have to be so long?
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© 2023 Diane Umile
Inner Voice 