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I been down in Pennsylvania |
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Where I was working in the mine |
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And I been down in Cincinnati |
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They laid me off the assembly line |
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Yeah, they got me looking everywhere |
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But I ain't too proud of what I found |
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And you can't name where I ain't been down |
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'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down |
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I was down in Kansas City |
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Where even the blues sell by the pound |
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And I been down in New York City, brother |
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And that ain't no place to be down |
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Yeah, I'm a-looking at the face of the children |
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You see, we're looking for a higher ground |
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And you can't name where we ain't been down |
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'Cause there ain't no place we ain't been down |
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We fell down somewhere |
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Between the cities and the towns |
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We went down, I know |
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Between the smiles and the frowns |
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And if they call me in the morning |
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I mean, I'd recognize the sound |
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'Cause you can't name where we ain't been down |
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There ain't no place we ain't been down |
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Standing in the shadows |
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It sho'nuff looks like rain |
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I see the steel-gray clouds above me |
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Yeah, well the anguish and the pain |
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Yeah, I been looking everywhere for peace |
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But I swear, there just ain't none around |
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But you can't name where I ain't been down |
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'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down |
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We been down |
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Between the cities and the towns |
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Yeah, been down somewhere |
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Between the smiles and the frowns |
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And if they call me in the morning |
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I mean, I'd recognize the sound |
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'Cause you can't name where I ain't been down |
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There ain't no place I ain't been down |