by Drivin' and Cryin'
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| I grew up just west of the tracks |
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| holding me to hold you back, | around your door she's calling out my | name |
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| She said son won't you go outside, | I've got a man coming over tonight |
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| the seventh one in seven days |
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| So I walk on down to the parking lot, |
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| hang around with all my friends, and | roam the streets til dawn breaks | again |
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| I come in at five a.m. | and she is waiting for me |
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| She | said where have you been, I said I was out, |
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| She | said you're no good cause you're running without love |
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| The black widow and the ladies man |
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| Met down at the laundromat and | tried to make me understand |
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| The neighbors were all in a stir |
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| about what they might have heard |
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| and running down and shouted out it | seems |
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| Next door a girl she lives | about the same age as me |
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| and asked me to come upstairs for a | see |
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| Just then her mother burst in, | said your that son of a bitch in the wind |
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| Get out of my house and hit the road |
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| and I kept fallin like a Rolling Stones song |
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| Solo | Mel | and |
| Steve |
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| The stars came out and warned me so |
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| As I walked on down the road |
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| Fifty bucks and a suitcase steered me | clear |
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| She took my hand as we walked into the sun |
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| A new days promise had begun |
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| We'll make it alone whether you like it or not |
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| I turned around and shouted help me mother |
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