They Thought I Was Asleep

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                                                We were driving back from the

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 country one night       Mum and dad up the front and the rest of us snug and

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 tight                                                My kid brother grizzled

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 for a little minute       Till my big sister told him he'd better quit it or

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 die                                            It had been a long day in the

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 countryside        Playing with the cousins on my mother's side          The

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 sound of the radio closed our eyes    Drifting across the seat
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               Then I fell a-sleep                                   2.Well
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       They thought I was a-sleep
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      They thought I was a-sleep                       The night was dark and

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 deep                           How I wish I was a-sleep

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2.Well I don't know what woke me up
  Maybe a country song or a big truck passing by
  I could hear mama and papa talking
  Papa said something and mama began to cry
  No more words then just soft sobbing
  And my head began to throb
  I just lay there playing dog
  Breathing slow and deep
  They thought I was asleep
  They thought I was asleep

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4.It seemed like forever till the sobbing stopped
  They talked for a little but just too soft too hear
  Daddy kept looking at the side of her face
  One hand on the wheel one hand stroking her hair
  Headlights shining from the other way
  Showed tears on the cheeks of daddy's face
  I prayed for Jesus to send his grace
  And all our souls to keep
  Back then I believed