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These are just the simple facts |
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I will relate to you |
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Though they are not connected |
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Each and every one is true |
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If they seem a bit untidy |
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Well unraveling them is fun |
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I will not stand corrected |
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I have not harmed anyone |
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I just let it ride |
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Ride let it ride |
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Leave on the evenin' tide |
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Just let it ride |
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When i listen to my heart |
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I sometimes fail to find |
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One sane and simple answer |
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On the bright side of my mind |
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Even when i'm sleeping |
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I can't seem to unwind |
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I just let it ride |
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I knew a man from windsor |
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Who went to detroit every night |
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And stateside of the tunnel |
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Customs agents gave him flight |
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He threw his stash in the river |
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And his bedroll on the ground |
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And when they finally got there |
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A sleeping man was all that they found |
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He just let it ride |
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Ride let it ride |
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Leavin' on the evenin' tide |
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Just let it ride |
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Hear the steeple bell ring out |
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Above my lobster pots |
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I might be out here fishin' man |
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But that ain't where it stops |
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The mouths i feed are many |
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And they all say thanks a lot |
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They just let it ride |
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One day when i'm old and gray |
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'n consider what's gone by |
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I always will be proud of |
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Every tear i've ever cried |
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And all of the old jokes we told |
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Around the candle light |
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To all those tender damsels |
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Who had helped us through the night |
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They just let it ride |
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Ride let it ride |
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Leavin' on the evenin' tide |
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Just let it ride |
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I'm gonna let it ride |
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Here's to the girls of london |
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And the ones from montreal |
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We never will forget them |
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We still fantasize them all |
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I knew one in st. louis |
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On a missouri afternoon |
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I met one up in shanghai |
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And another in rangoon |
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I just let it ride |
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Ride let it ride |
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Leavin' on the evenin' tide |
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Just let it ride |
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Ride ride ride |
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I'm gonna let it ride |
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Leavin' on the evenin' tide |
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Just let it ride |