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Well, there was this movie I seen one time, |
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About a man riding 'cross the desert and it starred Gregory Peck. |
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He was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself. |
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The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the neck. |
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Well, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp |
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as the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath. |
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Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and square, |
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I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his death. |
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Well, I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in |
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And you know it blows right through me like a ball and chain. |
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You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart. |
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The memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train. |
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I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desert |
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In your busted down Ford and your platform heels |
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I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to meet |
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Ah, but you were right. It was perfect as I got in behind the wheel. |
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Well, we drove that car all night into San Anton' |
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And we slept near the Alamo, your skin was so tender and soft. |
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Way down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you never came back. |
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I would have gone on after you but I didn't feel like letting my head get blown off. |
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Well, we're drivin' this car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies, |
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Now I know she ain't you but she's here and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul. |
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But I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood anymore to remember the times when I was your only man |
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And she don't want to remind me. She knows this car would go out of control. |
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Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above |
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Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. |
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Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards Amarillo |
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We pulled up where Henry Porter used to live. |
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He owned a wreckin' lot outside of town about a mile. |
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Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back. |
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She saw us come rolling up in a trail of dust. |
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She said, "Henry ain't here but you can come on in, he'll be back in a little while." |
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Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin' of bummin' a ride back to where she started. |
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But ya know, she changed the subject every time money came up. |
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She said, "Welcome to the land of the living dead." You could tell she was so broken-hearted. |
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She said, "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt." |
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"How far are y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh. |
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"We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn, |
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'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies." |
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Ruby just smiled and said, "Ah, you know some babies never learn." |
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Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out of my head |
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But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed to play. |
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All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people moved |
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And a lot of them seemed to be lookin' my way. |
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Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above |
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Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. |
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Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour. |
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I was crossin' the street when shots rang out. |
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I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran. |
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"We got him cornered in the churchyard," I heard somebody shout. |
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Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune. Underneath it, it said, "A man with no alibi." |
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You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with you. |
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Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears, |
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It was the best acting I saw anybody do. |
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Now I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass but sometimes you just find yourself over the line. |
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Oh if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now. |
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You know, I feel pretty good, but that ain't sayin' much. I could feel a whole lot better, |
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If you were just here by my side to show me how. |
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Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck, |
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Yeah, but you know it's not the one that I had in mind. |
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He's got a new one out now, I don't even know what it's about |
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But I'll see him in anything so I'll stand in line. |
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Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above |
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Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. |
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You know, it's funny how things never turn out the way you had 'em planned. |
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The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter. |
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And you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked that was always too good for this world |
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Just like you always said there was something about me you liked that I left behind in the French Quarter. |
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Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who are most content. |
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I don't have any regrets, they can talk about me plenty when I'm gone. |
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You always said people don't do what they believe in, they just do what's most convenient, then they repent. |
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And I always said, "Hang on to me, baby, and let's hope that the roof stays on." |
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There was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it twice. |
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I don't remember who I was or where I was bound. |
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All I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck, he wore a gun and he was shot in the back. |
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Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn down. |
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Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above |
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Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. |
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Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above |
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Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. |
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Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above |
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Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. |
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