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Intro
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Well, Skinny Jack's walking down a railway track
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He says, 'I won't be coming back'
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I wanna leave all the ways of men
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Done me wrong time and time again
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Taken all I can take till I can't take anymore
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Big trouble comes in through a small door
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Now, Skinny Jack's lonely and he's trying to sleep
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He says, 'I had a good life that I just couldn't keep'
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Fast talking sons of bitches
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Stole away all my riches
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It's cold out there on the killing floor
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Big troubles come in through a small door
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Yes, they do
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Now, in a world built on competition
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Life is a gun full of ammunitions
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And as your hopes and dreams get bigger
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It'll stick you up and pull the trigger
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No rest for the weary, no rest for the poor
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Big troubles come in through a small door
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Now, it has trouble in town, trouble in the fields
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Trouble, trouble on the top of the hill
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Trouble in the big house, trouble everywhere
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All around the world, trouble
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Trouble on the high seas, trouble on the shore
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Big troubles come in through a small door
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Skinny Jack said, 'I've had enough
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I can't live surrounded by all this stuff'
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He moved to the woods, grass for a bed
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He says, 'Now, I gotta get rid of this stuff in my head'
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It's all hard work, it's all the chore
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Big troubles come in through a small door
Outro
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(Big trouble)
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Through a small door, a small door
(A small door)
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Big troubles come in
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(Through a small door)
Written by Jeb Loy Nichols