Mean Town Blues

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Now my mother she done told me and my, ha, 
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father done told me 
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Grandfather told me too      

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Yeah, my mother she done told me and 
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my   father done told  me 
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Grandfather told me too 

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 It's a mean old town to 
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live in by yourself 

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Yeah,I worked for a dollar 
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Could not, ha, save a lousy, 
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could not save a dime 

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You know I  worked for a dollar 
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Could not, ha, save a lousy, 
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  man couldn't save   a dime 

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People ain't nobody worried and there ain't nobody 

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crying 

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Everybody's got their hands out trying to, 
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get a hold on 
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Trying to get some of my cash 

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Everybody's 


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 got their hand out trying to a, 
get a hold on 
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Trying to get some of my cash 
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  Smiling great big smiles, man, 
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you keep on talking trash 

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So I packed up my suitcase and I, ha, moved on down the 
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Hit that lonesome road 

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You know I packed up my suitcase and I, 
hit that lonesome 
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I moved on down   the 
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road 

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I been still trying to make it 
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when the day goes down