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Patty Griffin
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Chief had been out of the army
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For 15 years or more
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He was still marching up and down that street
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Just like he was a-walking a war
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They called him the chief because he was Indian
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It was a name they said behind his back
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In the summer he'd march without any shoes
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Until the soles of his feet turned black
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'till the soles of his feet turned black
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His hands wouldn't work the machinery
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Cause his brain told him what to say
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It's a hell of a life
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But its somebody's life
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Up and down the street all day
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Honey have a look at the places
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Like a dog running on a track
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The wheels keep on going as fast as you get there
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You don't ever get to go back
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I don't really know what I'm doing
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Just watching myself in some play
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And the actress looks like she wants to go home
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And lie in bed all day
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Yeah lie in a big bed all day
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Her hands wouldn't work the machinery
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Cause his brain tells him what to say
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It's a hell of a life
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But its somebody's life
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Up and down the street all day
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Well I wish that you could see me when I'm flying in my dreams
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The way I laugh there way up high
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The way I look when I fly
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The way I live
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The way I fly
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Chief got out of the army
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Jesus went to live with the poor
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I'm still marching up and down that street
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I don't know what I'm doing that for
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I don't know what I'm doing that for
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I don't know what I'm doing that for
PATTY GRIFFIN Chief ACL 2008 9-26-08
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