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Farewell to the whiskey, tobacco and smoke, |
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Farewell to the rum and occasional coke, |
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Farewell to the girls who came ready to play, |
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For this is the end of my wandering ways. |
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Woke up one morning to the slam of a door,my lady had left me, she could take it no more, |
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The note on the table, in black and white told,my wandering ways had left her heart cold. |
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We met last |
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December while out on the tear, |
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The laughter it flowed with the wine and the beer. |
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I promised her riches, |
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I said I'd be true, |
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She gave me a baby and the party was through. |
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Farewell to the whiskey, tobacco and smoke, |
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Farewell to the rum and occasional coke, |
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Farewell to the girls who came ready to play, |
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For this is the end of my wandering ways. |
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Now I miss my lady, |
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I miss her so much,the smell of her hair and her comforting touchand |
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I miss my boy and his a-ready smile,they needed a man but |
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I was a child. |
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I hope this song finds her wherever she is,and if you see her would you tell her this,for ramblin' and rovin' |
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I don't give a damn,the boy she left has grown into a man. |
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Farewell to the whiskey, tobacco and smoke, |
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Farewell to the rum and occasional coke, |
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Farewell to the girls who came ready to play, |
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For this is the end of my wandering ways. |
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There's lots to be said for being out on the tear,as luck would have it, the very next year, |
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I met her again, she'd seen how |
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I've grown,now we still go a-ramblin' but we do it at home. |
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Come on you young ramblers, wherever you are,beware of the ladies you meet at the bar,the promise of pleasure can change your whole life,you walk in with a wallet and walk out with a wife. |
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Farewell to the whiskey, tobacco and smoke, |
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Farewell to the rum and occasional coke, |
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Farewell to the girls who came ready to play, |
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For this is the end of my wandering ways. |
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Farewell to the whiskey, tobacco and smoke, |
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Farewell to the rum and occasional coke, |
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Farewell to the girls who came ready to play, |
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For this is the end of my wandering ways. |
