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Hoist That Rag
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Tom Waits
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Well I learned the trade from Piggy Knowles
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and Sing Sing Tommy Shay, boys
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God used me as a hammer, boys
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To beat his weary drum today
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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The sun is up, the world is flat
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Damn good address for a rat
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The smell of blood, the drone of flies
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You know what to do if the baby cries
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Well, we stick our fingers in the ground,
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heave and turn the world around
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Smoke is blacking out the sun
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At night I pray and clean my gun
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The cracked bell rings as the ghost bird sings
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and the gods go begging here
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So just open fire when you hit the shore
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All is fair in love and war
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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Hoist that rag!
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