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so I came all the way from Trenton, |
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spent a full night at the station, |
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in a suitcase made of calico brown |
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now I'm almost out of money, |
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and I'm sleepy and hungry, |
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I wanna lay my body down I don't wanna cause |
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trouble, |
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I don't need a bath of bubbles, |
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just a floorboard for the pavement on |
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the ground I'll take a steeple or a stable, |
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or a dining room table, |
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just to lay my body down |
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lay, lay my body down |
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so I go back to see my baby, |
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since no other place'll take me, |
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when I stop to brush my hair back |
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with a comb |
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and I can almost see our porch light, |
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and it's shining like a northern light, |
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God how I wanna be home |
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to lay, lay my body down |
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lay, lay my body down |
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but some joke from Albuquerque, |
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with some white wine and a turkey, |
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come to entertain my girl while I |
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was gone |
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this bear thinks everything is funny, |
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he's got his paws into my honey, |
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then he lay her body down |
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now just as every schoolyard |
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has a teacher, |
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every chapel has a preacher, |
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every angry man has 6 shells |
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to a round |
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I've been an honest man, |
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I've walked as straight as I can, |
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but I'm gonna lay his body down |
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lay, lay his body down |
