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My mother gave a mighty shout |
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Opened her legs and let me out |
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Hungry as a prairie dog |
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Young man in America |
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Young man in America |
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Hungry, hungry, running every which way |
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Young man in Americay |
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I come out like a cannonball |
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Come of age of alcohol |
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Raven in a field of rye |
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With a black and roving eye |
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Black and roving eye |
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Ravenous, ravenous |
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What you got, it's not enough |
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Young man in America |
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Oh, shelter, mother shelter, |
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Mother shelter us |
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Oooh |
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My father was a lord of land |
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My daddy was a repo man |
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Put me out onto the street |
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Didn't give a damn for me |
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Did not give a damn |
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Daddy, daddy, gonna wish you never had me |
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I'm a young man |
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I'm growing right before your eyes |
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I might grow to such a size |
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Blow in like a hurricane |
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Everyone will know my name |
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Everyone'll know my name |
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Blowing in, blowing up |
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Shadow on the mountaintop |
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Young man in America |
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Oh, shepherd, father shepherd, |
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Father shepherd us |
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Oooh |
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In my feathers and furs |
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Clothes of many colors |
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Many men will envy me |
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When I'm in my finery |
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Me in my finery |
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Envy me, envy me |
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Spending all my bright money |
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Young man in Americay |
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Maybe I climb the stairs |
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With a girl of golden hair |
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Hold her like a sword and shield |
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Up against this lonely world |
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Up against the world |
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It's a lonely, lonely world |
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For a yellow-headed girl |
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And a young man |
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Like the wind I make my moan |
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Howl in the canyon |
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There's a hollow in my bones |
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Make me cry and carry on |
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Make the foam fly from my tongue |
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Make me want what I want |
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Another wayward son |
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Waiting on oblivion |
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Waiting on the kingdom come to meet me in my sin |
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Waiting to be born again |
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Mother kiss me cheek and chin |
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Mmm, a little medicine |
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Mmm, and then I shed my skin |
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Mmm, and lemme climb back in the bed you made me in |