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Written by j. strummer and b. setzer |
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As i came acrose the pecos and broke west of the line |
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This thunderstorm was running and it ran me out of time |
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So i was racing through the rain with this rig from tennessee |
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When a voice cut through the static, bringing comfort home to me |
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They were singing |
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I ain't sittin' in no shack |
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Got me a ford right out the back |
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So come on and roll me over |
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If i ain't there in nothing flat |
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With a honky-tonk attitude |
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I'll be doing the straight line swing |
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C'mon and grab your horseshoe |
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And throw it in the ring |
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Now the levee wall was breaking, rocks were rolling from the ridge |
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The announcer broke in, saying there was a bus trapped on the bridge |
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So i turned my rig around, i was axle-deep in mud |
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And i found those people stranded, the bridge was groaning in the flood |
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Still my radio was singing |
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I ain't sittin' in no shack |
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Got me a ford right out the back |
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So come on and roll me over |
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If i ain't there in nothing flat |
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With a honky-tonk attitude |
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I'll be doing the straight line swing |
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C'mon and grab your horseshoe |
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And throw it in the ring |
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With the grinding of my engine, i hauled those people free |
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With the raging river rising, the driver came thanking me |
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So i told him about the message; he said, that can't be right |
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The storm knocked out the radio tower late last saturday night |
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But through the static we heard singing |
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I ain't sittin' in no shack |
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Got me a ford right out the back |
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So come on and roll me over |
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If i ain't there in nothing flat |
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With a honky-tonk attitude |
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I'll be doing the straight line swing |
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C'mon and grab your horseshoe |
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And throw it in the ring |
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Them old truckers gonna tell you down the lonely interstate |
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Out the dead air on the waveband, the texas playboys break |
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You'll hear a keening voice, bob wills is with you as you drive |
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And you'll know you got a broadcast straight from 1935 |
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Can you hear him singing |
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I ain't sittin' in no shack |
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Got me a ford right out the back |
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So come on and roll me over |
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If i ain't there in nothing flat |
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With a honky-tonk attitude |
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I'll be doing the straight line swing |
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C'mon and grab your horseshoe |
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And throw it in the ring |
