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Ballad of Spider John
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Jimmy Buffett
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Ballad of Spider John
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By: Willis A. Ramsey
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1974
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"Spider John" is my name friend
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I'm in between freights and I sure would be obliged
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If you'd share your company
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I know this may sound strange to you
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But if you wait till the song is sung and the story is told
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You might come to understand
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Oh, I'm old and bent and Devil sent, runnin' out of time
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When I long ago held a Royal Flush in my hand
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Chorus:
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Oh, I was a Supermarket fool
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I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon, robbin' my hometown
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I thought I lost my blues, yes I thought I paid my dues
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I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
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But here I sit old Spider John the robber-man
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Long, tall, and handsome
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Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand, takin' ransom
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Then one day I met Diamond Lill
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She was the sweetest thing, I declare
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That the summer breeze had ever blown my way
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But Lilly she had no idea, of my illustrious occupation
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She thought I was a saint, not a sinner, gone astray
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But you see that the word got around and Lilly left town
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Never saw her again
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Tossin' and turnin', 'causin' my heart to grieve
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Chorus:
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Oh, I was a Supermarket fool
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I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon, robbin' my hometown
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I thought I lost my blues, yes I thought I paid my dues
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I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
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But here I sit old Spider John the robber-man
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Long, tall, and handsome
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Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand, takin' ransom
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That is all my story
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It's been these thirty years since I took to the road
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To find my precious jewel one
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And if you see my Lilly, won't you give her my regards
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Tell her ole Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun
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You can tell her ole Spider got tangled the black web that he spun
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