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Well, I came into the city |
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with a swansuit on my back. |
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I didn't have no place to live, |
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I didn't even have a country shack. |
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I didn't have no money, |
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didn't even have a place to go. |
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Just one thing on my mind, |
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I'm gonna tell you so you know. |
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I've been hurt so bad now, |
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couldn't know the way I feel. |
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Well, I tell you, |
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I've been hurt so bad, |
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gonna take a long, long time to heal. |
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Well, I got myself a woman, |
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then I proved myself a man. |
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Got myself a place to live, |
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gonna do the best I can. |
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Got myself some money, |
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even got myself a place to go. |
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One thing on my mind, |
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I'm gonna tell you so you know. |
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Well, I've been hurt so bad now, |
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you couldn't know the way I feel. |
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No, no. |
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I've been hurt so bad, |
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gonna take a long, long time to heal. |
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Well, I stand and fall, kickin' round. |
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Lord, I've been thrown out of every place, yeah. |
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I've been. |
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One thing I gotta do, |
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got to sing my song to you |
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before my dyin' day. |
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That's right. |
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Hooh. |
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Well, I've been stoopin', fallin', I've been kicked around. |
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Lord, I've been thrown out of every place. |
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Ah, just one thing I gotta do, |
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I gotta sing my song to you, |
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before my dyin' day. |
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Yeah. |
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Yeah, ah, hooh. |
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Let me tell you, |
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I've been living in the city. |
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Said I've been living in the city, yeah. |
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I've been walkin', talkin', livin', dyin', laughin', cryin'. |
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Yeah, let me tell, |
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one thing I gotta do, |
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oh, you couldn't know the way I feel. |
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Oh, no. |
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Cause I've been hurt so bad, |
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I gonna take a long time to heal. |
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Let me hear you playin' now, ah. |
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Hey, now. |
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Well, I've been hurt so bad, |
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gonna take a long, long time to heal. |
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I've been hurt so bad now, |
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gonna take a long, long, long time to heal. |
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Yeah, I've been hurt so bad, |
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gonna take a long, long time to heal. |
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Yeah, I've been hurt so bad now, |
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gonna take a long, long time to heal. |
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Well, I've been, I've been, I've been hurt so bad, |
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I'm gonna take a very long, long time to heal. |
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Hooh-ha. |
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Yeah, I've been hurt so bad, |
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gonna take a long, long time to heal. |
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I ain't foolin'. |