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Jagged jigsaw pieces |
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Tossed about the room |
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I saw my grandma sweepin' |
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With her old straw broom |
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But she didn't what she was doin' |
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She could hardly understand |
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That she was really sweepin' up |
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Pieces of a manI saw my daddy greet the mailman |
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And I heard the mailman say |
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"now don't you take this letter to heart now Jimmy |
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Cause they've laid off nine others today" |
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But he didn't know what he was saying |
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He could hardly understand |
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That he was only talkin' to |
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Pieces of a manI saw the thunder and heard the lightnin'! |
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And felt the burden of his shame |
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And for some unknown reason |
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He never turned my wayPieces of that letter |
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Were tossed about that room |
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And now I hear the sound of sirens |
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Come knifing through the gloom |
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But they don't know what they are doing |
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They could hardly understand |
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That they're only arrestin' |
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Pieces of a manI saw him go to pieces |
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I saw him go to pieces |
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He was always such a good man |
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He was always such a strong strong man |
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Yeah, I saw him go to pieces |
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I saw him go to pieces" |
