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John Hiatt
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Get a load of that guy
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With the dew rag on
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And the cowboy tie
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Man that cat is gone
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Form Memphis to Nashville
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Then way out west
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Put that Hollywood party
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To the acid test
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Got a little bungalow
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In the valley somewhere
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Took a gig playing bass
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With Sonny and Cher
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He took it on his chin
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And never got it off his chest
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He wouldn't be caught dead wearing that vest
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Not rock back Billy
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Rock back Billy
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He came to make a stew
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With that swamp guitar
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He kept it lonesome and blue
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Yeah, in the trunk of his car
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But no one gave him a long shot
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Though he never did doubt
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What it was not
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Or what it was all about
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He got all tangled up with liquor and drugs
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Trying to make a racket
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Like those English mugs
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Till he couldn't get arrested
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And he couldn't see straight
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He couldn't even shine shoes
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In that Golden State
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Not rock back Billy
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Come on rock back Billy
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When you see him on the street
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Well, he's no spring chicken
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But ask him how he makes ends meet
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He'll tell you, "I'm still pickin'"
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Aw, rock it, Billy, rock it
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Yeah they counted him down
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When they dropped that beat
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But that red hot sound
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They could not defeat
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It started coming back from Boston
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From East L.A.
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Down in Austin, Texas
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And up New York way
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And as long as there's a kid
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In a room somewhere
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With a beat up guitar
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And some funny looking hair
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Well, it might be Billy's kid
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You don't know
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And all I've got to say is
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Go, cat, go
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Come on rock back Billy
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Come on rock back Billy
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Rock back Billy
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