The Ranch (Norm Stinson)

Verse 1: 
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There’s a place we go where life flows like water.  
Where children grow up as they play in the sun. 
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Old folks get slower but they’re always so playful. 
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Their stories enrich us and keep us all young.  
 
Verse 2: 
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Spirits of those who have come and now gone 
fill us all up with a loving thought. 
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Their legend remains as we sing our refrains 
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of the songs and the stories they taught. 
 
Chorus: 
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The campfire will rage and become like a stage
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for the stories and songs we all love. 
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Repeated each time we think of the place 
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where life is shared with people we love.  
 
Verse 3: 
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Walking the bank with fly rod in hand, 
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I think of the ones here before me. 
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The big fish they caught and their creels so full,
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their spirit is setting me free. 
 
Verse 4: 
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This ranch we love is a part of our life 
we live our life with each view, 
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The hills and the streams that we look out upon 
and the simple things we love to do. 
 
Chorus: 
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The campfire will rage and become like a stage 
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for the stories and songs we all love. 
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Repeated each time we think of the place 
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where life is shared with people we love.  
 
Verse 5: 
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This place that we love is a part of our life 
and no one can take that away 
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Because of the memories of good times and friends 
our lives are much fuller today. 
 
Chorus: 
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The campfire will rage and become like a stage 
for the stories and songs we all love. 
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Repeated each time we think of the place 
where life is shared with people we love.  
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The campfire will rage and become like a stage 
for the stories and songs we all love. 
 D                    C               D  
Repeated each time we think of the place 
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where life is shared with people we love.