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Bruce Springsteen |
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Nebraska |
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Highway Patrolman |
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My name is joe roberts i work for the state |
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I'm a sergeant out of perrineville barracks number 8 |
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I always done an honest job as honest as i could |
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I got a brother named frankie and frankie ain't no good |
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Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down |
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I get a call over the radio frankie's in trouble downtown |
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Well if it was any other man, i'd put him straight away |
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But when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way |
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Yeah me and frankie laughin' and drinkin' |
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Nothin' feels better than blood on blood |
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Takin' turns dancin' with maria as the band |
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Played "night of the johnstown flood" |
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I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would |
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Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good |
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Well frankie went in the army back in 1965 |
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I got a farm deferment, settled down, took maria for my wife |
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But them wheat prices kept on droppin' till it was like we were gettin' |
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Robbed |
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Frankie came home in `68, and me, i took this job |
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Yeah we're laughin' and drinkin' |
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Nothin' feels better than blood on blood |
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Takin' turns dancin' with maria as the band |
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Played "night of the johnstown flood" |
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I catch him when he's strayin' teach him how to walk that line |
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Man turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine |
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Well the night was like any other, i got a call `bout quarter to nine |
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There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the michigan line |
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There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head |
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There was a girl cry'n' at a table and it was frank, they said |
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Well i went out and i jumped in my car and i hit the lights |
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Well i musta done one hundred and ten through michigan county that night |
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It was out at the crossroads, down `round willow bank |
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Seen a buick with ohio plates. behind the wheel was frank |
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Well i chased him through them county roads |
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Till a sign said "canadian border five miles from here" |
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I pulled over the side of the highway and watched his tail-lights disappear |
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Me and frankie laughin' and drinkin' |
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Nothin' feels better than blood on blood |
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Takin' turns dancin' with maria as the band |
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Played "night of the johnstown flood" |