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Coattails of a Dead Man
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Tom Waits
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One... two... three... one
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Well, he wasn't looking for fanfare or fame
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But it all came around just the same
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He then met a girl with desire in her eye
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He gave her love, she took his name
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The times they were good, the times they were bad
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Most times it was just in-between
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The hard pill he swallowed was the times that they had
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She put on display for all to be seen
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Some find their solace in work or the Lord
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She was quite content in her dream
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When his eyes they burned from the bright lime light
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He found comfort in the bottle of the old Jimmy Beam
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One day from the depths of his deep darkened hole
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He reached out for something to feel
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She offered back nothin' but lack of respect
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So he let himself out with two barrels of steel
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She cried in the day, she cried in the night
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She cried loudest when someone was near
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Whether crying for him or she cried for herself
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The bigger the camera the bigger the tear
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Most folks agree she was living a hell
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And publicly she showed her pain
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And never once was there a thought for herself
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And the ever growing slices of fortune and fame
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Now on the coattails of a dead man she'll ride (she'll ride)
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride (she'll ride)
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride (she'll ride)
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride (she'll ride)
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride (she'll ride)
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high
Tom Waits - "Come On Up To The House"
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