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Written by Marty Stuart
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Under bridges, beneath trestles in the boxcars of dead trains
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Livin' to beat the cold of the pouring driving rain
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A silent society moves out in the night
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Ragged rebels, homeless hobos and those like me
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Who've lost the light
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St. Peter is a prophet to all the hobo world
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An expert on everything From caviar to girls
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I met him west of Memphis on the 8th of July
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He handed me a can of beans and a rusty knife
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And he said "everything out here ain't what it seems
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And when you're down to nothing
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Just go ahead and dream
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Face the fact that you're circle in a world full of squares
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Trading sorrows for tomorrows, now that's the hobo's prayer"
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Mother Mary is a lady from down in New Orleans
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She's seen a lot of living since she was 17
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She said, "I'm bona fide and worldly wise, with original parts
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'cept for what set me to traveling, I'm talking about my heart"
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She said, "I can spot a broken heart from 20 miles away
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So are you passing through or have you come to stay
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You're running from a woman," she said with a grin
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"So what've you got to say" and I said
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I am a pilgrim
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Where everything out here ain't what it seems
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When I'm down to nothing, I just go ahead and dream
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And face the fact that I'm a circle in a world full of squares
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Trading sorrows for tomorrows, that's the hobo's prayer
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Trading sorrows for tomorrows, that's the hobo's prayer
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