[Intro]
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[Verse]
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It was Christmas in prison and the
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 food was real good 
It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good 
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We had turkey and pistols carved out
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 of wood 
We had turkey and pistols carved out of wood 
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And I dream of her always ,even when
 I don't dream 
And I dream of her always ,even when I don't dream 
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Her names on my tongue and her bloods
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 in my stream
Her names on my tongue and her bloods in my stream
[Chorus]
D            C     G 
Wait a while eternity  
C                       G          D 
old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
 
old Mother Nature's got nothing on me 
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Come to me, run to me 
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Come to me now 
      G 
We're rolling my sweetheart  
      D          G 
We're flowing by God
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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She reminds me of a chess game with
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 someone I admire 
She reminds me of a chess game with someone I admire 
     G                         
Or a picnic in the rain after a
         D 
 prairie fire 
Or a picnic in the rain after a prairie fire 
    G                       C 
Her heart is as big as this whole
 goddamn jail 
Her heart is as big as this whole goddamn jail 
        G                          
And she sweeter than saccharin at a
 D          G 
 drug store sale
And she sweeter than saccharin at a drug store sale
[Chorus]
D           C     G 
Wait awhile eternity  
C                       G          D 
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
 
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me 
G 
Come to me , run to me  
C 
Come to me now 
      G 
We're rolling my sweetheart  
      D          G 
We're flowing by god 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
    G                           
The search light in the big yard
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 swings round with the gun 
The search light in the big yard swings round with the gun 
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And the spotlights in the
                         
 snowflakes,like the dust
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 in the sun 
And the spotlights in the snowflakes,like the dust in the sun 
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It's Christmas in prison, there'll be
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 music tonight 
It's Christmas in prison, there'll be music tonight 
     G                        D   
I'll probably get homesick, I love
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 you goodnight
I'll probably get homesick, I love you goodnight
[Chorus]
D            C     G 
Wait a while eternity  
C                       G          D 
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
 
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me 
G 
Come to me, run to me 
C 
Come to me now 
      G 
We're rolling my sweetheart  
      D          G 
We're flowing by God