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I met him in a dive down in new orleans |
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I recognized his handsome face |
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It was none of my business, but i had to know |
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What he was doing in this kind of place |
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Cause he used to have money, he used to have honeys |
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He used to be society's prince |
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But he still wore a grin when i sat beside him |
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And asked where all that money went |
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Some was spent on gambling, alot was spent on women |
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A little on some good cabernet |
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Three or four divorces, at least that many horses |
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Who never left the starting gate |
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Diamond rings and furs, swampland in new jersey |
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That week i spent a year in la |
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I hate to admit it, i threw the rest away |
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He said money don't mean nothing in this game of life |
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It's just a way of keeping score |
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Show me a man whose got everything |
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I'll show you one who wants even more |
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Well so smoke em' when you got em' |
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When you hit bottom, you gotta have a reason to smile |
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You can have a little piece of the rock |
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I'll take a little piece of mind |
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He said to me |
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Diamond rings and furs, swampland in new jersey |
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That week i spent a year in la |
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I hate to admit it, i threw the rest away |
