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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 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 car" |
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"is 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 wrong" |
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"well, the waters still runnin' in the bathtub" |
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And 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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And the compass rolled around and around |
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Oh, for heaven's sake! we fell in a lake |
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And i think we're all gonna drown |
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Chorus: |
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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 i can hardly breathe |
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I may never see my sweatheart again |
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Play once after first verse |
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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" |
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"falling down a bottomless lake" |
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Repeat chorus: |
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Poppa 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 been there at the end of the pier |
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We'd be half way to uncle jake's |
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Instead of looking at fish out the window i wish |
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We'd hit the bottom of the bottomless lake |
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'stead of looking at fish out the window i wish |
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We'd hit the bottom of the bottomless lake |
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So if you're ever goin' on a big trip |
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Ya better be careful out there |
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Start everything on you good foot |
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And wear clean underwear |
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Take along a bible in the backseat |
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Read of david and solomon |
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For 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 |
