The Road To Bayamon

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[Verse]

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Well, all you possum-belly queens, get outta here
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Gypsy's out for blood tonight

She's got 'Love' and 'Hate' tattooed on her fists
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She's drunk and she's ready to fight

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She used to run a little shot and a beer joint
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Now she's a jockey on the Astro ride
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She took me for a whirl one night
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It messed me up inside

[Chorus]

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Ai-yi-yi, oh, the rain
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How long can the rain go on?
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There's nothing sadder than a carnival
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On the road to Bayamon

[Verse]

In a parking lot down in old San Juan
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Out on the road to Bayamon

We set up the tents and the alibi joints
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And the freak show from Leon

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We had French Canadian racketeers
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And rednecks from down south
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And Puerto Rican pistol boys
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With boa constrictor mouths

[Chorus]

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Ai-yi-yi, oh, the rain
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How long can the rain go on?
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There's nothing sadder than a carnival
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On the road to Bayamon

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Well, the wirewalker started drinking hard
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The payroll checks never came

And somebody stole the little two-headed boy
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And the midway drowned in the rain

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Well, it rained through the month of April
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And it rained through the month of May
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And all across that little island
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I could hear the children say

[Chorus]

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Ai-yi-yi, oh, the rain
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How long can the rain go on?
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There's nothing sadder than a carnival
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On the road to Bayamon

[Chorus]

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Ai-yi-yi, oh, the rain
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How long can this rain go on?
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There's nothing sadder than a carnival
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On the road to Bayamon