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John Hiatt
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Well, I'm from the Midwest
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I know enough to cut a path
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Around a wood chipper
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And be careful
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Of any conversation
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A man starts by callin' you skipper
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'Cause there ain't no ocean 'round here
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Though a lotta little lakes where you could disappear
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I wonder what the fish are bitin' on today, Jimmy
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She told me not
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To follow her down here
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Said he was crazy about her
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I guess I didn't know
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What that meant
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Just knew I couldn't do without her
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Then I seen 'em through the window sash
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He had a Forty four pistol and a bag of cash
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And she was foldin' some kinda pretty note paper into her breast pocket
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What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
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What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
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Well, I got the picture
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A temporary love shack
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In the middle of no place
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They were plannin'
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On usin' that cash
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To get away bold-faced
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Now how long did they think they could stay
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The troopers and the Marshall's surely on their way
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I ran through the yard and I banged my knee on his wood chipper
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I was screamin' like a baby
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She appeared at the window
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He opened the door
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And when I looked up
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He said "Skipper
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What're you doin' here for"
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One bullet to the head
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Before I hit the ground I was dead
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I guess I'm tellin' you this before you go fishin' now, Jimmy
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What some people won't do, break up a happy home
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What some people won't do, break up a happy home
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What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
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What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
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Never found my body
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But they killed 'em in a shoot out
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Five miles down the road
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They found that note paper
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In her breast pocket
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Thought it was somethin' written in code
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But it was part of a letter set
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I'd got her for Christmas ten years ago I'd bet
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She used to just use the paper for her grocery list
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(and it read)
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Eggs
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Hamburger meat
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Bread
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Funyuns
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Orange drink
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Toilet paper
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Tidy Bowl
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Pickles
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Little Debbie Snack Cakes
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What some people won't do, break up a happy home
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What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
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What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
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What some people won't do, break up a happy home
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