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Standin' out in the night, |
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Delilah took me down |
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To see the widow bring |
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Rain to the town. |
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It's against the law |
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To be a tonic man, |
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But the widow know |
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She's got the upper hand. |
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So I went on in |
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Feelin' kinda wheezy. |
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You know she soothed my mind, boys, |
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She rocked me kinda slow and kinda easy |
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All day and all night. |
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"Pick a card 'fore you go-- |
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It's a long trip to Mexico." |
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'Lilah waited by the door, |
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"I can't stay here anymore, no, no." |
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Then she took a pill |
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She washed her feet in the mud |
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She said "Look out son, |
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You know, I just started a flood |
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For forty days and forty nights". |
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Then I got my shoes, |
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And 'Lilah called my name. |
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She said it looked to her |
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Like it gonna rain. |
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Then the Cotton King |
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He came in chokin' |
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And the widow laughed and said: |
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"I ain't jokin'-- |
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Think what you want" |
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She said, "Now don't ya tease me. |
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I just fell in love, boy, |
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So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy, |
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All day and all night." |
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Sweet William said |
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With a drunken head: |
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"If I had a boat, |
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I'd help y'all float". |
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Delilah stood there watching |
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William in a trance, |
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And the widow seized by the St. Vitus dance. |
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But just then an old man |
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With a boat named "Breezy" |
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Said: "You can ride with Clyde, boys, |
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If you rock it kinda slow and kinda easy, |
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All day and all night". |