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The Matadors
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woke up last night in a cold sweat
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thinking I had gone and lost my mind again
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I felt the whole house shakin'
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it was quakin' things were breaking
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I was thinking I was gonna be dead
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when a man come up
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with no flesh on his bones said
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"Son give me your ticket please."
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said "It's all the same to you
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the hell you doing in my room?"
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I think I need an explanation please."
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he said
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"Got no time to shake lip now."
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"Gonna take a little trip babe."
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"You ain't going insane but uh
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you on a hellbound train."
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"Why me?! I'm too young to die!"
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"And I'm too goddamn pretty!"
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he said
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"Cause you smoke like a chimney,
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getting high and acting crazy,
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you been drinkin' like a Kennedy,
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you been causing folks stitches,
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putting bodies in ditches."
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"That's when it occurred to me
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we need a man like you
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to come and show us what to do
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and come and put you on a train down south."
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"So sit back and relax
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cause this train is on track."
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"And baby... SHUT YOUR MOUTH!"
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"You on a one way ride."
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"Sit back and baby don't cry."
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"All your screams are in vain..."
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"You on a hellbound train."
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hellbound train
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rolling down the track he said
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hellbound train
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"We won't be coming back." he said
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hellbound train
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"Keep rolling keep rolling."
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hellbound train
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"I'm allowed to take your soul yea."
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hellbound train
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"All night and all day."
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hellbound train
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"Gonna keep the train moving."
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hellbound train
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"All night all night."
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hellbound train yea
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I said "Let me live."
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"I need to go."
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"I gotta drink some more
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I need more whores in my life."
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said "I can't be dead
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I got more life to live."
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"But dammit just give me one more day."
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he said "Nobody wants to die
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but this time is YOUR time."
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"That's all I got to say."
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"There is just one way
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to get yourself
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out of this mess you're in."
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"You gotta dedicate your whole life to Satan."
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"You gotta dedicate your life to sin."
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"THIS I can oblige."
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"Drop me out there by the track side."
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"Turn me loose I won't never be the same."
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I jumped that hellbound train...
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