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Lost John's sitting on a railroad track |
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Some thing's out of whack |
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Blues this morning falling down like hail |
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Gonna leave a greasy trail |
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Gonna travel the world is what I'm gonna do |
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Then come back and see you. |
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All I ever do is struggle and strive. |
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If I don't do anybody any harm, I might make it back home alive. |
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I'm the oldest son of a crazy man, |
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I'm in a cowboy band |
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Got a pile of sins to pay for and I ain't got time to hide |
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I'd walk through a blazing fire, baby, if I knew you was on the other side |
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Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore |
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And my happiness is over |
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Winter's gone, the river's on the rise |
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I loved you then, and ever shall |
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But there's no one left here to tell |
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The world has gone black before my eyes |
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Well, the world of research has gone berserk |
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Too much paperwork |
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Albert's in the graveyard, Frankie's raising hell |
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I'm beginning to believe what the scriptures tell |
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I've gone where the Southern crosses The Yellow Dog |
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Get away from all these demagogues |
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And these bad luck women stick like glue |
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It's either one or the other or neither of the two |
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She says, "Look out, Daddy, don't want you to tear your pants. |
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You could get wrecked in this dance." |
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They say whisky will kill you, but I don't think it will |
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I'm riding with you to the top of the hill |
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Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore |
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And my happiness is over |
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Winter's gone, the river's on the rise |
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I loved you then, and ever shall |
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But there's no one left here to tell |
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The world has gone black before my eyes |
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Don't know why my baby never looked so good before |
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Don't have to wonder no more |
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She's been cooking all day, it going to take me all night |
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I can't eat all that stuff in a single bite |
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The judge's coming in, everybody rise |
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Lift up your eyes |
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You can do what you please, you don't need my advice |
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Before you call me any dirty names, you better think twice |
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Getting light outside, the temperature dropped |
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I think the rain has stopped |
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I'm going make you come to grips with fate |
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When I'm through with you, you'll learn to keep your business straight |
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Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore |
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And my happiness is over |
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Winter's gone, the river's on the rise |
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I loved you then, and ever shall |
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But there's no one left here to tell |
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The world has gone black before my eyes |
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The bright spark of the steady lights |
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Has dimmed my sights |
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When you're around me all my grief gives away |
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A life time with you is like some heavenly day |
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Everything I've ever known to be right has been proven wrong |
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I'll be drifting along |
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The woman I'm loving she rules my heart |
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No knife could ever cut our love apart. |
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Today I'll stand in faith and raise |
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The voice of praise |
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The sun is strong, I'm standing in the light |
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I wish to God that it were night |
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The world has gone black before my eyes. |