Get Here

Word and Music by Brenda Russell
Performed by Oleta Adams

Play Slow With Feeling

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You can reach me by railway
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You can reach me by trailway
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You can reach me by airplane
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You can reach me with your mind
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You can reach me by ca-ra-van
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Cross the desert like an ar-ab man
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I don’t care how you get here
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Just get here if you can

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You can reach me by sail boat
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Climb a tree and swing rope to rope
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Take a sled and slide down slope
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In – to these arms of mine
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You can jump on a speedy colt
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Cross the border in a blaze of hope
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I don’t care how you get here
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Just get here if you can

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There are hills and mountains, between us
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Always something to get o – ver
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If I had my way
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Surely you would be closer
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I need you clos – er

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You can wind surf in – to my life
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Take me up on a car-pet ride
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You can make it in a big baloon
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But you better make it soon
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You can reach me by car-a-van
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Cross the desert like an arab man
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I don’t care how you get here
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Just get here if you can