Parrot Goat And Rooster

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My parrot, my goat and my rooster, the finest of pets that you’ll find.
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With them I bring joy wherever I go and make some to make things go round.
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To New Mexico and Arkansas and even to Illinois’ shores.

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I sell off my kids to the highest bid and then I return home for more.
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I grew up to thrive among horses, and I do not deny I was poor.
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Now my name is known throughout the plains and among the gueros in the north.
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Death rides ever by my side and the high lords far behind,
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for where there’s will there’ll be a way and my ways are hard to find.

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Money’s a treacherous companion, and that’s why I spend mine with ease.
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On women and friends, to smoothen the bends, I keep just the little I need.
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They say that my pets bring but pain and regrets, and then they ask me to pass them a booster,
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it is the greatest of men who come again and again to my parrot, my goat and my rooster.

[Outro]
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