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Hotdogs and Hamburgers
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John Mellencamp
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Drivin down a dry summers day
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Old Route 66 and I was just a kid
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Met a pretty little Indian girl
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Along the way
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Get her into my car
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And tried to give her a kiss
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Ill give you beads and wampum
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Whatever it takes, girl
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To make you trade.
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She jumped into the back seat
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And she kinda flipped her lid
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She said, "youre trying to get
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Somethin for nothinLike the pilgrims in the olden days"
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We rode for a while
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Till the sun went away
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And I realized it was a sort of an honor
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Beinaround this girl
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I felt embarassed
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Of what I tried to do earlier that day
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She was the saddest girl, I ever knew
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She told me stories about the Indian nations
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And how the white man stole their lives away
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And although she kinda liked me
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She could never tust me
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And when the sun comes up
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Wed go our different ways
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CHORUS:
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Now everybody has got the choice
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Between Hotdogs and Hamburgers
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Every one of us has got to choose
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Between right and wrong
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And givin up or holdin on
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So I dropped her off
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At some railroad crossing in Texas
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An old Indian man was waiting there
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He smiled and thanked me
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But he saw right through me
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I could tell, he didnt like me
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For my kind, he didnt care
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Because to him, I was the white man
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The one who sold him something
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That he already owned
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And it was like hed been ridin in the
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Car right there with us
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And I felt ashamed of my actions
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And the way the west was really won
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So I drove down the highway
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Till I came to Los Angeles
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To the town of the angels
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The best, this country can do
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I got down on my knees
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And I ask for forgiveness
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I said, "Lord, forgive us
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For we know not, what we do"
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CHORUS:
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Now everybody has got the choice
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Between Hotdogs and Hamburgers
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Every one of us has got to choose
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Between right and wrong
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And givin up or holdin on
John Mellencamp - Hurts So Good (Officia...
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