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Intro: A Aadd4 A A Aadd4 A
Verse 1:
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I'll go walk across the desert, until I'm by fried by fire.
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I won't think about, what I left behind.
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Another 'tracter in her way, I can call my own.
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Go back home, leave me alone.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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But I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 2:
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Ever since the critics burned the White House down,
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There's a bleedin' wound in the heart of town.
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I saw you drinkin' from an empty cup.
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I saw you buried and I saw you you dug up.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 3:
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Look down angel from the skies, help my weary soul to rise.
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I kissed the cheek, I dragged your plough.
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You broke my heart, I was your friend until now.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 4:
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In the courtyard of the Golden Sun.
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You stand and fight, or you break and run.
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You went and lost your lovely head, for a drink of wine and a crust of bread.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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If I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 5:
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We looted and we plundered, long distant shores.
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Why is my share not equal to yours?
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Your father left you, your mother too.
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Even death has, washed his hands of you.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 6:
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This is hard country, to stay alive in.
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Blades are everywhere and they are breakin' my skin.
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I'm armed to the hilt and I'm struggling' hard.
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You won't get out, of here unscarred.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 7:
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You've got too many lovers, wailin' at the wall.
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If I had a thousand tons, I couldn't count 'em all.
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Yesterday, I could've put them all in the sea.
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Today, even one, may be too much for me.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 8:
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Cake walkin' baby, you can do no wrong.
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Put your arms around me, where they belong.
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I want to take ya, on a rollercoaster ride.
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Lay my hands all over ya. Tie ya to my side.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 9:
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I got a heavy stacked woman, with a smile on her face.
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And she is proud, my soul to grace.
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I've saved her from an arrow, and pierced my chest.
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I'm gonna have to take my head, and bury it between her breasts.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 10:
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'Been dark all night, but now it's dawn.
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The moving finger is movin' on.
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You can garden here, while I sleep.
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Kiss away, the tears I weep.
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
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Verse 11:
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I love a woman, and she loves me.
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We've been to the west and we're goin' back again.
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I heard a voice, at the dusk of day.
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Say 'Be gentle brother. Be gentle and pray.'
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way,
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I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day.
Outro: A Aadd4 A A Aadd4 A