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[Verse 1]
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Back in the old folky days
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The air was magic when we played
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The river boat was rocking in the rain
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Midnight was the time for the raid

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Oh Isabella, proud Isabella
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They tore you down and plowed you under
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You're only real with your makeup on
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How could I see you and stay too long

[Verse 2]
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All along the Navajo Trail
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burnouts stub their toes on garbage pails
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Waitresses are crying in the rain
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Will their boyfriends pass this way again?

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Oh Mother Goose, she's on the skids
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Sure ain't happy, neither are the kids
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She needs someone that she can scream at
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And I'm such a heel for making her feel so bad

[Verse 3]
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I guess I'll call it sickness gone
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It's hard to say the meaning to this song
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An ambulance can only go so fast
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It's easy to get buried in the past
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When you try to make a good thing last
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[Harmonica Break]
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[Verse 4]
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I saw today, in the entertainment section
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There's room at the top for private detection
Bm             C
To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter
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But it's either that or pay off the kidnapper

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So all you critics sit alone
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You're no better than me for what you've shown
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With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams
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We could get together for some scenes

[Harmonica Break]
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[Verse 5]
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Well I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive
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and out on the corner it's half past five
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But the subways are empty and so are the cafes
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Except for the Farmer's Market and I can still hear him sayin'

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"You're all just pissin' in the wind
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You don't know it but you are"
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And there ain't nothing like a friend
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Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind

[Harmonica Break]
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[Verse 6]
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I never knew a man could tell so many lies
Am
he had a different story for every set of eyes
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How can he remember who he's talking to?
G                       D
Cause I know it ain't me and I hope it isn't you

[Outro]
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