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The Bottomless Lake
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John Prine
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Here's the story of a man and his family
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And a big trip that they took
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Well, I heard all about in a restaurant
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And I read it in a history book
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They rented a car at the erie canal
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But the car didn't have no brake
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Said ma to pa "my God this car"
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"is gonna fall into the bottomless lake"
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Well, mama turned to daddy with a pale face
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Said "i've done something horribly wrong"
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"well, the waters still runnin' in the bathtub"
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And I think I left the kitchen light on"
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Then I heard a crash the car when splash
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And the compass rolled around and around
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Oh, for heaven's sake! We fell in a lake
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And I think we're all gonna drown
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Chorus:
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We are falling down
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Down to the bottom of a hole in the ground
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Smoke 'em if you got 'em
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I'm so scared I can hardly breathe
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I may never see my sweatheart again
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Play once after first verse
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There was plenty of food in the backseat
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And the windows were rolled up tight
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So we all nibbled on a chicken leg
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Told stories 'way thru' the night
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Well, pa told one that he told before
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And the baby got a bellyache
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Said ma to pa "my God this car"
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"falling down a bottomless lake"
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Repeat chorus:
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Poppa played the music on the radio
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Mama rocked the baby to sleep
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He said he would've taken the other road
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But he didn't think the lake was that deep
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Well, if the ferry been there at the end of the pier
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We'd be half way to uncle jake's
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Instead of looking at fish out the window I wish
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We'd hit the bottom of the bottomless lake
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'stead of looking at fish out the window I wish
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We'd hit the bottom of the bottomless lake
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So if you're ever goin' on a big trip
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Ya better be careful out there
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Start everything on you good foot
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And wear clean underwear
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Take along a Bible in the backseat
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Read of david and solomon
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For if you make a mistake in the bottomless lake
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You may never see your sweetheart again
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If you should make a mistake in the bottomless lake
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You may never see your sweetheart again
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If you should make a mistake in the bottomless lake
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You may never see your sweetheart again
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