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I had a dream last night |
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I was floating down that black water |
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Kick back on the Mississippi |
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On a raft with ol' Tom Sawyer |
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He got restless down around Memphis |
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That's where he left me |
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Said I'm one rambling man |
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I was gone before you met me |
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And there I was back in my hometown |
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That's just how dreams go |
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Thumb in the air wanted out of there |
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Heading my own road |
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Well I hitched a ride with this beatnik guy |
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Said looks like you read me |
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My name is Jack Kerouac |
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I was gone before you met me |
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You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys |
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You fix that roof but your roots to the ground-boys |
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Pink house, the white fence |
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Pretty little woman, two point five |
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Kids, dang right, it's a good life |
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With boys like me your bound to run the wild side |
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Like the restless wind you'll never catch me |
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I was gone before you met me |
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And just before I awoke |
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I had a bad nightmare |
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I was on some lost highway and you were nowhere near |
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Someone took your hand I wasn't that man |
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Girl, it sure did hit me |
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I was cussing fate but it was too late |
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You were gone before you met me |
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Yeah, I smelled that coffee |
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I heard you singing in the kitchen |
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Walking in got a kiss, you said the sink still dripping |
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Thank God I'm still driven |
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You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys |
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You fix that sink but your roots to the ground-boys |
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Blue house, the white fence |
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Sweet little woman, rocking that good |
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Miss dang right, it's a fine life |
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His restless heart found a heart I can call mine |
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I was smart enough to let love catch me |
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So Tom and Jack just ramled on without me |
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'Cause I was gone before you met me |
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Gone gone, gone before you met me |
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Gone before you met me |
