Lyrics to
Ode To Sweet Smokey

This version of Ode To Sweet Smokey was released by The Charlie Daniels Band in 1977.

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Please treat me tender
Like you used to
One and another
How could we lose

Oh those sweet memories
Come back to me silently
Oh sweet Smokey
I’m in love with you

She was the first girl
I’d ever seen
Dressed in a robe of
Tall evergreens

Oh those days ponderin’
Freely I was wanderin’
Oh sweet Smokey
I’m in love with you

High on a mountain
You know you make me
Weak in the knees
High on a mountain
I just can’t believe
The things that I see

High on a mountain
You know you make me
Weak in the knees
High on a mountain
I just can’t believe
The things that I see

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The lyrics for Ode To Sweet Smokey are defined as the words making up the song released by The Charlie Daniels Band in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Ode To Sweet Smokey have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Charlie Daniels Band and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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