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Hand To Mouth
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Joan Baez
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Jimmy got nothing, made himself a name
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With a gun that he polished for a rainy day
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A smile and a quote from a vigilante movie
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Our boy Jimmy just blew them all away
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He said it made him crazy
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Twenty five years living hand to mouth
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Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth
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Sweet little baby on a big white doorstep
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She needs her mother but her mother is dead
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Just another hooker that the lucky can forget
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Just another hooker, it happens everyday
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She loved her little baby
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But she couldn't bear to see her living hand to mouth
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Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth
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I believe in the gods of America
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I believe in the land of the free
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But no one told me
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That the gods believe in nothing
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So with empty hands I pray
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And from day to hopeless day
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They still don't see me
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Everybody talks about the new generation
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Jump on the wagon or they'll leave you behind
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But no one gave a thought to the rest of the nation
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Like to help you buddy but I haven't got the time
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Somebody shouted, "Save me"
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But everybody started living hand to mouth
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Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth
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There's a big white lady on a big white doorstep
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She asked her daddy and her daddy said, "Yes"
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Has to give a little for the dollars that we get
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Has to give a little, they say it's for the best
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Somebody shouted, "Maybe"
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But they kept on living from hand to mouth
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Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth
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So she ran to the arms of America
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And she kissed the powers that be
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And someone told me
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That the gods believe in nothing
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So with empty hands I pray
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And I tell myself one day
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They just might see me
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They just might see me
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