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Here's the story of a man and his family |
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And a big trip that they took |
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Well, I heard all about in a restaurant |
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And I read it in a history book |
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They rented a car at the |
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Erie Canal |
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But the car didn't have no brake |
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Said ma to pa "My God this carIs gonna fall into the bottomless lake" |
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Well, mama turned to daddy with a pale face |
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Said "I've done something horribly wrongWell, the waters still runnin' in the bathtubAnd I think I left the kitchen light on" |
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Then I heard a crash, the car when splash |
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The compass rolled around and around |
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Oh, for Heaven's sake! |
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We fell in a lake |
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And I think we're all gonna drown |
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We are falling down |
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Down to the bottom of a hole in the ground |
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Smoke 'em if you got 'em |
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I'm so scared, |
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I can hardly breathe |
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I may never see my sweetheart again |
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There was plenty of food in the backseat |
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And the windows were rolled up tight |
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So we all nibbled on a chicken leg |
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Told stories way thru the night |
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Well, pa told one that he told before |
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And the baby got a bellyache |
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Said ma to pa "My God this car'sFalling down a bottomless lake" |
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We are falling down |
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Down to the bottom of a hole in the ground |
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Smoke 'em if you got 'em |
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I'm so scared, |
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I can hardly breathe |
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I may never see my sweetheart again |
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Well papa played the music on the radio |
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Mama rocked the baby to sleep |
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He said, he would've taken the other road |
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But he didn't think the lake was that deep |
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Well, if the ferry had been there at the end of the pier |
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We'd be half way to |
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Uncle Jake's |
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Instead of looking at fish out the window, |
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I wishWe'd hit the bottom of the bottomless lake' |
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Stead of looking at fish out the window, |
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I wishWe'd hit the bottom of the bottomless lake |
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We are falling down |
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Down to the bottom of a hole in the ground |
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Smoke 'em if you got 'em |
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I'm so scared, |
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I can hardly breathe |
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I may never see my sweetheart again |
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So if you're ever goin' on a big trip |
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You better be careful out there |
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Start everything on your good foot |
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Wear clean underwear |
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Take along a |
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Bible in the backseat |
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Read of David and |
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SolomonFor if you make a mistake in the bottomless lake |
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You may never see your sweetheart again |
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If you should make a mistake in the bottomless lake |
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You may never see your sweetheart again |
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If you should make a mistake in the bottomless lake |
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You may never see your sweetheart again, that's right |