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There's a man in my bed |
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I used to love him |
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His kisses used to take my breath away |
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There's a man in my bed |
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I hardly know him |
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I wipe his face and hold his hand |
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And watch him as he slowly fades away |
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And he fades away |
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Not like leaves that fall in autumn |
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Turning gold against the grey |
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He fades away |
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Like the bloodstains on the pillow case |
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That I wash every day |
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He fades away |
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And he's not the only one |
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Who made that trip so many years ago |
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To work the Wittenoom mine |
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So many young men old before their time and dying slow |
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They fade away |
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Wheezing bags of bones with lungs half clogged and filled with clay |
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They fade away |
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There's a man in my bed |
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They never told him |
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The cost of bringing home his weekly pay |
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And when the courts decide how much they owe him |
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How will he spend his money when he lies in bed and coughs his life away? |
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And he fades away |
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Not like leaves that fall in autumn |
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Turning gold against the grey |
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He fades away |
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Like the bloodstains on the pillow case |
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That I wash every day |
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He fades away |
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He fades away |
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I come from down in the valley |
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Where mister when you're young |
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They bring you up to do |
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Like your daddy done |
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Me and Mary we met in the high school |
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When she was just seventeen |
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We'd drive out of this valley |
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Down to where the fields were green |
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We'd go down to the river |
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And into the river we'd dive |
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Oh down to the river we'd ride |
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Then I got Mary pregnant |
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And man that was all she wrote |
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And for my nineteenth birthday |
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I got a union card and a wedding coat |
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We went down to the courthouse |
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And the judge put it all to rest |
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No wedding day smiles |
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No walk down the aisle |
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No flowers |
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No wedding dress |
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That night we went down to the river |
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And into the river we'd dive |
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Oh down to the river we'd ride |
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Down to the river |
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And into the river we'd dive |
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Oh down to the river we'd ride |
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I got a job working construction |
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For the Johnstown company |
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But lately there ain't been much work |
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On account of the economy |
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Now all them things that seemed so important, well mister |
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They vanished right into the air |
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Now I just act like I don't remember |
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Mary acts like she don't care |
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But I remember us riding in my brother's car |
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Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir |
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At night on them banks I'd lie awake |
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And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take |
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Now those memories come back to haunt me |
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They haunt me like a curse |
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Is a dream a lie if it don't come true |
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Or is it something worse |
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That sends me down to the river |
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Though I know the river is dry |
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That sends me down to the river |
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Tonight |
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Down to the river |
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My baby and I |
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Oh down to the river |
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Tonight |
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Down to the river |
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Though I know the river is dry |
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That sends me down to the river |
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Tonight |
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Down to the river |
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My baby and I |
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That sends me down to the river |
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At night |
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Woo |
