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When I was a young man |
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About 21 years old y'all |
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All I wanted was a stripper girlfriend |
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And a Gold |
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Top Les Paul |
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Be careful of the things you wish for |
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You might get 'em |
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There was a night club in |
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DallasCalled |
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Mother Blues |
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It's where |
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Lightning |
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Hopkins played |
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And Freddy |
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King even payed some dues |
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All the dealers and gamblers |
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And young white hipsters, they all made the scene |
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The girl at the door who checked |
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ID'sWas just 16 |
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Aw, it was not a place for law biding citizens |
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Jackie Jones he had 'em a habit, he just couldn't stop |
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Aaid give me 500 dollars |
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And I'll sell you my |
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Les Paul God |
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TopI drove my daddy's car down to |
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Ross Avenue |
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And I sold it |
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I guess I should have told him |
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He eluded to the police someone stole it |
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It was just the first of many bad decisions |
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I was to make for the next 20 years |
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Oh, but I had me a guitar |
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Everybody knows |
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That the real nightlife |
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Begins after the clubs close |
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What they call after hours |
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It's 2 a.m. and everybody's gone |
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But the band, the dealers and |
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Jack Jones |
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And then the girls from the landing strip club come over |
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After they put their clothes back on |
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So I'm at |
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Ma Blues and |
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I'm sitting on an amp |
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I'm playing "Twist and Shout" |
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And this tall drink of water walks in |
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Like she might have to shoot her way out |
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She come up to me and she said"You know anything good on that guitar?" |
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I didn't say nothing, |
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I just kept on playing |
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She said, "Have you ever heard this songCalled Polk Salad Annie?" |
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I just kept playing |
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She said, "Every time I hear that songMy insides feel like warm butterAnd I just wanna take off my clothesAnd dance around in my underwear" |
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I said, "Down in LouisianaWhere the alligator grow so mean" |
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That's all |
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I knew of it and it was enough |
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So we hit it off, me and this dancer |
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We hit it off like a metaphor |
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Like a metaphor for a hydrogen bomb |
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We was enriched uranium, super critical mass |
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We was a chain reaction, it was love and lust |
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Aw, mostly lust but a mutual attraction |
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So there I was boys at 21 years old, |
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I had it all |
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I had a fine stripper girlfriend and a |
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Gold Top Les |
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PaulAw, the future, it looked promising |
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Oh but there were dark clouds on the horizon |
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She was a beautiful girl |
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But she liked to drink |
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Tequila and that ain't all |
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I come home 4 or 5 times |
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And she pawned my |
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Les PaulWe broke up and she went to |
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HollywoodShe married an actor |
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She got a job dancing on the |
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Hudson Brothers |
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TV showAnd modern lipstick from |
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Max Factor |
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I got over her, |
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I'm glad she done alright |
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I'm glad she done alright, oh yes, |
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I amWell now me, |
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I never busted through the gates |
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Into the big time as a rock and roll star |
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For 40 years |
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I just carried around an old |
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Gold Top guitar |
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But love and fate are mysterious things |
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In this funky old world |
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It was 20 years ago |
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I ended up marrying |
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That Mother |
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Blues door girl |
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We had us a boy, he's 18 years old now, he's playing guitar |
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He ended up with that |
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Les Paul Gold |
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Top, yes, he did |
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Now I don't know if he's gonna hang his life on it or not |
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But I'm very grateful for the time |
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I get to share the stage with him |
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I'm grateful for the time |
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I get to play with musicians |
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Like George |
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Reiff and |
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Rick Richards |
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I'm grateful that |
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I get to write these old songs |
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And travel around the world and play them for people |
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And they come out and hear me play |
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And the days that |
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I keep my gratitude |
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Higher than my expectations |
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Well, I have really good days |