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Roving Davey Lyrics by Run Boy Run

So Sang the Whippoorwill

2013

Stars and stripes are chasing my tail
If blue skies fell I’d chase them to hell
I’d find me a cab and drive off the map
Sayin’ goodbye to hard times and never look back
I find me a hill when I need a view
And I seek out a road and walk ‘til I’m new
It doesn’t take wealth to buy a new day
I’ll never be rich ‘cuz happy don’t pay
My name is Roving Davey
My door’s always open, I threw out the key
Let’s form us a square and stomp down our cares
Now dance to the right, don’t you take all night
Black-eyed Susans and red rocking chairs
A checkerboard love life of loss and despair
I never found nothing that never saw use
But a fine lady’s eye that went roving too
I met a man who circled the world
He offered me food to trade him a tune
That tune traveled round and found me again
In the hollers and hills of an old string band
My name is Roving Davey
My door’s always open, I threw out the key
Let’s form us a square and stomp down our cares
Now dance to the right, don’t you take all night
I hitched a ride to a 12 o’clock dance
Oh the caller’s now callin’ so grab someone’s hand
String up the banjo, and rosin the bow
For as long as there’s dancin, there’s somewhere to go
My name is Roving Davey
My door’s always open, I threw out the key
Let’s form us a square and stomp down our cares
Now dance to the right, don’t you take all night
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Run Boy Run

Run Boy Run

About “Roving Davey” by Run Boy Run

Read the complete lyrics to "Roving Davey" by Run Boy Run from the album "So Sang the Whippoorwill" in 2013. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Experimental Folk, American Folk, Country.

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"Roving Davey" appears on "So Sang the Whippoorwill" in 2013.

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