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As I was rolling across the Mississippi |
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I stopped there and I cried |
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No use for a man to keep a mighty river |
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All dammed up inside |
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I jumped bail from the Sweetwater County |
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Now I'm on the run |
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On my head is a five number bounty |
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For a crime I never done |
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Take this letter to Laredo |
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To the one I love |
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Tell her to stay low |
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Beneath the stars above |
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Her love is my only alibi |
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It's for her love I lied |
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Yeah, yeah, yeah |
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"Why did Frankie have to pull that trigger? |
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Why did you have to hide? |
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The sheriff still thinks I was standing with her |
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It's for your love I lied." |
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"Love will make a free man a prisioner |
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Will make an honest man lie |
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Love can be tough, love can be tender |
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It's my only alibi" |
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Take this Letter to Laredo |
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To the one I love |
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Tell her to stay low |
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Beneath the stars above |
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Her love is my only alibi |
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It's for her love I lied... |
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Yeah, yeah, yeah... |