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High on a mountain where the sun still shines |
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And the water runs a little lazy |
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Wild-eyed and lonely, running out of time |
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Some will say I died half-crazy |
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One time a hustler took me for a ride |
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All because I tried to deceive her |
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She broke me down and laughed and left me weak inside |
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The more I lost my pride, the more it pleased her |
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Carry me 'cross the water, |
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I've been over there once before |
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Stayed with a poor man's daughter |
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I can't live in this country no more |
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Death beds and ragged threads are my last home |
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Someone should have known of my ending |
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Born bad, I killed a man for sympathy |
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Ain't much left of me worth defending |
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Carry me 'cross the water, |
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I've been over there once before |
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And I stayed with a poor man's daughter |
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I can't live in this country no more |
