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Sweetheart Of the Rodeo, 1968
Written by Cindy Walker, 1950
The Byrds go full country on this cover, which has a tried and true subject: the man misses both a revered geographical place and the girl who still resides there, and now he's coming home. "Now, oh, how my lonely heart is aching tonight / For that girl I left behind / And oh, what I'd give if I could be there tonight / With the sweetheart who's waiting for me." It's a wonderfully crafted, delicate song that perfectly evokes nostalgia and yearning, and the Byrds handle it with skill.
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