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1) I first walked her mountains when I was a lad,
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It rained every day, 'twas the worst time I had,
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But the waters run pure and the forests all grow,
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Oh, so green, in Idaho.
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Chorus: I'm goin' back to Idaho,
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Down where the Salmon River flows,
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I'm goin' back to them high country snows,
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2) I nearly died on her desert, the Snake River Plain,
There isn't much shade, and there isn't no rain,
I was eatin' the dust as my water ran low,
Racin' the sun in Idaho.
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3) There's a place that I know in the Sawtooth Range,
The Spangle Lakes, I hope it never does change.
It's a little piece of heaven all locked up in snow,
That's why I'm crazy about Idaho.
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