Total Strangers

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Now I was down upon my luck and the jobs were hard to find 
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I was sort of short on cash and my bills were way behind 
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So I went to see my life long friend an oil man now by trade 
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I figured it's how hed help me out with his fortune he had made 
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I said old pal I need your help I hate to be so bold 
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But remember when I saved your life down at the swimming hole 
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Now I'd like to ask a favor if you can see your way 
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I'd like to have a little loan and then I heard him say 
 

 
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Excuse me total stranger I can't seem to recall 
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Are you absolutely certain that we've ever met at all 
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I'd really like to help you out as he opened wide the door 
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So long total stranger that I've never seen before 
 

 
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Now once I had a girlfriend who really caught my eye 
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And when the wife was out of town well I'd court her on the sly 
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We'd taken all the night clubs and honky tonk around 
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Join at all the parties and really do the town 
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But then one night my wife came home she must have smelled a rat 
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She looked around from place to place and found where I was at 
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Well there we were all cuddled up I knew that I was dead 
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But before my wife could say a word I jumped right up and said 
 

 
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She's just a total stranger who came in off the streets 
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The place is kinda crowded so I offered her a seat 
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Now I couldn't leave this lady just a standin' on the floor 
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She's just a total stranger that I've never seen before 
 

 
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My friend said let's go huntin' I've got the gun and shells 
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The birds are really flyin' and I think we'll do quite well 
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He killed a half a dozen then said I suppose 
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I really ought to tell you that the huntin' season's closed 
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About that time he heard a noise and he ducked behind a tree 
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He took the gun shelled some birds and gave them all to me 
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Up stepped the old game warden and found me standing there 
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Before I had a chance to talk I heard my friend declare 
 

 
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He's just a total stranger and I was passing by 
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I saw this total stranger shoot those birds out of the sky 
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It's a shame the way some people the laws they do ignore 
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Like this total stranger that I've never seen before