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Fish in the Jailhouse
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Tom Waits
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Peoria Johnson told Dudlow Joe
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I can break out of any old jail you know
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The bars are iron, the walls are stone
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All I need me is an old fish bone
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They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
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Oh boy
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They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
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They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
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Corbina, opaleye hammer head shark
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Steel head salmon or a mud bank carp
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Sand me one side dull, whittle the other side sharp
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By Saturday night, I'll be in central park
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They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
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Oh boy
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They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
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They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
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Ask Little Son Jackson or the 44 Kid
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Or Whitfield Faraday what I did
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From Yazoo city down to Rollin Fork
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From Natchez to Kinosha,
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From New Dime to New York
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They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
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Oh boy
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They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
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They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
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Gimme a nice totuava or a chicken of the sea
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I'm gonna fashion me a fishbone skeleton key
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Tell Skullion Childs I won't be late
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You can bet your freedom
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I'm gonna clean my plate
Tom Waits - "Lie To Me"
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