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Summer days, summer nights are gone |
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Summer days and summer nights are gone |
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I know a place where there's still somethin' going on |
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I've got a house on the hill, I got hogs out in the mud |
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I've got a house on the hill, I got hogs all out in the mud |
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I've got a long haired woman, she got royal Indian blood |
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Everybody get ready, lift up your glasses and sing |
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Everybody get ready, lift up your glasses and sing |
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Well I'm standin' on the table, I'm proposin' a toast to the king |
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I'm driving in the flats in a Cadillac car |
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The girls all say "You're a worn out star" |
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My pockets are loaded, and I'm spending every dime |
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How can you say you love someone else, |
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you know it's me all the time |
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Well the fog's so thick you can't spy the land |
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Well the fog's so thick that you can't even spy the land |
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what good are you anyway if you can't stand up to some old businessman |
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Weddin' bells are ringin' and the choir is beginning to sing |
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Yes, the weddin' bells are ringin' and the choir's beginning to sing |
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What looks good in the day, at night is another thing |
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She's looking in to my eyes, and she's a-holding my hand |
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She looks in to my eyes, she's holding my hand |
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she say, "you can't repeat the past," |
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I say "You can't? What do you mean you can't? |
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Of course you can." |
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Where do you come from, where do you go? |
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Sorry, that is nothing you would need to know |
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Well, my back's been to the wall so long it seems like it's stuck |
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Why don't you break my heart one more time, just for good luck |
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I got eight carburators and boys I'm usin' 'em all |
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well, I got eight carburators and boys I'm usin' 'em all |
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I'm short on gas, my motor's startin' to stall |
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My dogs are barking, there must be someone around |
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My dogs are barking, there must be someone around |
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I got my hammer ringin' pretty baby, but the nails ain't goin' down |
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If you got something to say, speak or hold your peace |
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Well, if you got something to say, speak now or hold your peace |
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If it's information you want, you can get it from the police |
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Politician's got on his joggin' shoes |
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he must be runnin' for office, got no time to lose |
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suckin' the blood out of the genius of generosity |
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you been rollin' your eyes, you been teasin' me |
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Standin' by God's river my soul's beginning to shake |
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Standin' by God's river my soul's beginning to shake |
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I'm countin' on you, love, to gimme a break |
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I'm leaving in the morning, as soon as the dark clouds lift |
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I'm leaving in the morning, as soon as the dark clouds lift |
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I'm breakin' the roof, set fire to the place as a partin' gift |
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Summer days, summer nights are gone |
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Summer days, summer nights are gone |
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I know a place where there's still something goin' on. |
