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Cars lined up the street |
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A procession for the thief |
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The men were restless and the women howled |
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As they professed their grief |
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A smoke was lying on his lips |
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And in his hand a rusty flask |
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Even in death he'd forced a smile |
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I oughta give him his dues for going out like that |
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When you've walked through the valley |
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Saw the face of death |
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And you've paid your debts |
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Well then, is there anything left |
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Is there anything left |
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When you've settled up |
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Is there anything left |
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I came to pay a false courtesy |
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So you couldn't get the best of me |
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But the grief hung in the air and mingled with the sweat |
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I presumed to know your inner workings, but |
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I just guessed |
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I never thought much about the man |
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He was always just drifting along |
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But a couple hours in |
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We were drunk as sin |
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I was wrong, |
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I was wrong about him |
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I came around, |
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I came around, |
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I came around |
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I took you for a hanger-on |
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But the way those folks all wept |
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You must've been doing something right |
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To move the company you kept |
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The drinks kept coming and |
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I loosed my tongue |
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And I talked a little shit |
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But your friends just laughed and chimed right in |
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Telling yarns so good it made me quit |
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I never thought much about the man |
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He was always just drifting along |
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But a couple hours in |
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We were drunk as sin |
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I was wrong, |
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I was wrong about him |
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I came around, |
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I came around, |
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I came around |
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I came around, |
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I came around, |
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I came around |
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The room started reeling |
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I got the feeling |
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I read you wrong |
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Then another bottle of gin |
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Break out the bar brawl again |
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You were the reason for them |
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By the time the sun was at its feet |
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Everybody there was pissed |
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And I can say with some degree of certainty |
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The old bastard will be missed |
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I thought your life was nothing more than one long grift |
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Now I sit weeping by your coffin |
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Clutching a bottle in my fist |
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I came around, |
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I came around, |
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I came around |
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I came around, |
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I came around, |
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I came around |
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I came around, |
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I came around, |
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I came around |
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I came around, |
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I came around, |
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I came around |
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I came around, |
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I came around, |
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I came around |
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I came around, |
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I came around, |
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I came around |
