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I was caught up in a fever |
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In that summer of '69 |
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And my heart was cryin' out for change |
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And i knew time was comin' when i'd get away. |
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So i moved down to that city |
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Where i met a friend of mine |
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And i must admit he tried to warn me well |
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With all those bad luck stories he could tell. |
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He said 'take the money and run |
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Take the money and run |
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Believe it in this town you can't trust anyone |
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You're gonna learn that lesson my son'. |
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'take the money and run |
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Buy yourself a place in the sun |
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Don't be a fool don't you trust anyone |
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You gotta take the money and run take the money and run'. |
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He was broken he was wasted |
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He'd been brought down to his knee |
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And his heart was crying out for truth |
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You could see the whole world's sadness in his eyes. |
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So i took good care of business |
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At least as far as i could see |
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I could read the signs and i knew all the lines |
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But so many times his voice came back to me. |
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'take the money and run |
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Get it at the point of a gun |
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Believe it in this town you can't trust anyone |
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You're gonna learn that lesson my son'. |
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'take the money and run |
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Buy yourself a place in the sun |
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Don't be a fool don't you trust anyone |
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You gotta take the money and run take the money and run'. |
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I've been wanderin' through this wasteland |
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Where the blind go leading the blind |
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And the only sound on the money-go-round |
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Was the million voices waiting to be found. |
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I could only hear a whisper |
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It was comin' from the one i loved |
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And her heart was saying this can't be right |
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All my wasted days and all her lonely nights. |
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Take the money and run |
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Get it at the point of a gun |
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Believe it n this town you can't trust anyone |
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You're gonna learn that lesson my son. |
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Take the money and run |
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Buy yourself a place in the sun |
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Don't be a fool don't you trust anyone |
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You gotta take the money and run take the money and run. |
