Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio

John Denver

"Great Falls, Montana" is replaced by "Kearney, Nebraska" in some versions.
 
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio is like being nowhere at all
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All through the day how the hours rush by
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You sit in the park and you watch the grass die
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Ah, but after the sunset, the dusk and the twilight
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When shadows of night start to fall
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They roll back the sidewalks precisely at ten
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And people who live there are not seen a-gain

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Just two lonely truckers from Great Falls, Montana
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And a salesman from places unknown -es unknown
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All huddled together in downtown Toledo
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To spend their big night all alone
 
[Verse 2]
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You ask how I know of Toledo, Ohio
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Well, I spent a week there one day
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They've got entertainment to dazzle your eyes
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Go visit the bakery and watch the buns rise
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Ah, but let's not forget that the folks of Toledo unselfishly gave us the scale
 
(spoken)
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"No springs, honest weight", that's the promise they made
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So smile and be thankful next time you get weighed
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And "wiv and wet wiv", let this be our motto
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Let's let the sleeping dogs lie -ping dogs lie
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And here's to the dogs of Toledo, Ohio
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Ladies we bid you goodbye
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SATURDAY NIGHT NI TOLEDO, OHIO
JOHN DENVER

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