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Things I learned in a hobo jungle
Were things they never taught me in a class room
Like where to find a handout
While thumbing through Chicago in the afternoon
Hey I'm not bragging or complaining
I'm just talking to myself man to man
This old lentil fat I'm chewing
Didn't take a lot of doing
But I take a lot of pride in what I am
I guess I grew up a loner
Don't remember ever having any folks around
But I keep thumbing through the phonebooks
And looking for my Daddy's name in every town
And I meet lots of people
But I always end up leaving on the lam
Hey where I've been, where I'm going
I didn't take a lot of knowing
But I take a lot of pride in what I am
I never travel in a hurry
'Cause I got nobody waiting for me anywhere
Home is anywhere I'm living
If it's sleeping on some vacant beach or city square
Or if I'm working on some road gang
Or just living off the fat of our great land
I never been nobody's idol but at least I have a title
And I take a lot of pride in what I am
This old lentil fat I'm chewing
Didn't take a lot of doing
I take a lot of pride in what I am
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The wealthy ones like you look down
On the common folk like me
Makin' bets to what degree of fool we are
Through your rose-coloured windows
You see yourself above us
Standin' in the mud and gazin' at the stars
But the rich and poor have in common
The common cold, the heartburn and the heartache
Put our pants on just the same
Your worth don't make you better, babe
'Cause I can tread water, babe
As long as you think you make it rain
While you got your raisin', girl
And your diamond-studded world
I got pulled up on the hungry side o' town
I cut my teeth on bacon rind
There ain't no hide as tough as mine
But it might be fun awhile to be your clown
So, get your whip and do your thing
And I'll run around the ring
Ride my white horse, wear my armour too
Aah, but I don't easy blister, babe
I'll be your Court Jester, babe
Don't think you won't pay the fiddler too
I put your hand in mine
It was a shockin' time to find
The water hot, the current strong and deep and wet
You had me strugglin' for a time
A-draggin' on your line
But never fear, this fish will never swim
While you're playin' with my mind
I'll be payin' with your money, honey
As long as your account can stand the drain
I'll fan the flame and make it hotter
'Cause I think I can walk on water
As long as you can make it rain
Aww, I'll hang around awhile
Study your style
Come out a whole lot wiser man indeed
'Cause the last time anyone as grand
As you appeared and looked around
Found the grandest star up in the East
Hey, but I don't see no halo
Just a little girl with a lot of gold
Wantin' one more trinket for her golden scene
Aah, but you got a hot one hangin', kid
Don't let him say you never did your best
Be my guest, make it rain
Aah, make it rain
Babe, make it rain
Make it rain
Oh, make it rain
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Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear
It's the only place I know where the blue and lonely go
The street light served to light my way as I make my way downtown
To one of many nightspots I know where they're all found
Yes I'm back again to the lonely life a life that many know
Soon I'll be there with a glass of wine where the blue and lonely go
Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear...
There was a time when I had love and I tried so to be free
From the life that I was used to it was just too hard for me
Now as I try to keep my heart from letting mem'ries show
I pretend that I'm so happy here where the blue and lonely go
Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear...
(Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear
It's the only place I know where the blue and lonely go
Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear
It's the only place I know where the blue and lonely go)
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Well you fall in love with every boy you talk to
But they always turn around and set you free
Have you ever stopped to think of what could happen
If you ever get around to loving me
Well you say they always shut you out completely
To their hearts you never seemed to hold the key
But you'd be surprised how many doors will open
If you ever get around to loving me
Loving me loving me if you ever get around to loving me
Well they made you think that happiness is coldless
And your world is dark and full of misery
I'll do anything at all to make the sunhine
If you ever get around to loving me
Loving me oh loving me if you ever get around to loving me
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The woman next door has gone to the PTA
And stopped to see her best friend's husband on the way
The folks down the street have a different thing
So everyone is putting them down
Do you believe this town?
Deacon Jones preaches brotherly love every Sunday
And forecloses loans on widow's homes every Monday
But the smart guys say it's the only way
To keep the economy sound
Do you believe this town?
Do you believe they voted this town dry?
Well you won't believe it when I tell you why
The mayor and his cousin and the chief of police
have the bootlegging all nailed down
Do you believe this town?
Do you believe they burned a house down yesterday
You won't believe the reason that they gave
If the folks who lived there had a known their place
They could still be hanging around
Do you believe this town?
Do you believe this town?
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Say, waiter, would you kindly stop, take my order please
Tonight I'm full of emptiness and old-time memories
So I need somethin' special that'll chase the blues away
And help me to forget about the dreams of yesterday
Just bring me one, one cup of happiness and one peace of mind
I'll take the biggest slice of life that you can find
I think that's all I'm gonna need to leave the blues behind
One cup of happiness and one peace of mind
Say, Waiter, I just thought of somethin' that I've never tried
I'd like to have a little bit of heaven on my side
You know it may sound funny, but when I was passin' by
The sign up in your window is the thing that caught my eye
I don't recall exactly, but I do believe it said
We guarantee to satisfy, so you go right ahead
And bring me one cup of happiness and one peace of mind
I'll take the biggest slice of life that you can find
I think that's all I'm gonna need to leave the blues behind
One cup of happiness and one peace of mind
I hope that's all I'm gonna need to leave the blues behind
One cup of happiness and one, one peace of mind
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The sun is shinin' but it's rainin' all over my face
Tricklin' teardrops and I feel out of place
'Cause everybody's happy-go-lucky, it's easy to see
The sun is shinin' on everybody but me
It's been rainin' like this ever since you been gone
And every day I'm bluer than the day before
And if the rain don't stop I can't say
What's gonna become of me because
Every day I miss you a little bit more
The sun is shinin' but it's rainin' all over my face
Tricklin' teardrops and I feel out of place
'Cause everybody's happy-go-lucky, it's easy to see
The sun is shinin' on everybody but me
Somebody asked me were you worthy of a date
I made some excuse and politely slipped away
Because they know as much as I do
When it comes to knowing you
That this time I'm afraid you gotta say
The sun is shinin' but it's rainin' all over the place
Tricklin' teardrops and I feel out of place
'Cause everybody's happy-go-lucky, it's easy to see
The sun is shinin' on everybody but me
The sun is shinin' on everybody but me
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There's a sneaky little side of me the kind I want to set you free
So I can go see what's waitin' just over the hill
Every now and then I hear something whisper in my ear
Telling me somebody else could give me a thrill
Oh the sneaky little side of me the kind I want to go and see
And I could be happier walking with somebody new
But every time I start to go something in my heart says no
And tells me how lucky I am belongin' to you
And this sneaky little side of me is learning fast
Bout the way I'm livin' and the love I'm givin'
And the love that couldn't last
When you meet me at the door each night
And put your arms around me tight
I know that there just couldn't be anyone sweeter than you
Suddenly to my surprise I begun to realize
That the sneaky little side of me is in love with you too
Oh suddenly to my surprise I begun to realize
That the sneaky little side of me is in love with you too
(Sneaky little side of me the sneaky little side of me
Sneaky little side of me the sneaky little side of me)
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Oh it's crying time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darling
That it won't be long before it's crying time
Now they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder
And that tears are only rain to make love grow
Well my love for you could never grow no stronger
If I lived to be a hundred years old
Oh it's crying time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darling
That it won't be long before it's crying time
Now you say you've found someone you love better
That's the way it's happened every time before
And as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow
Crying time will start when you walk out the door
Oh it's crying time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
... fade out ...
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And I wake up in the morning
With my hair down in my eyes and she says hi
And I stumble to the breakfast table
While the kids are gonna to school goodbye
She reaches out and takes my hand
And squeezes it and says how you feeling hon
And I look across at smiling lips
That warm my heart and see my morning sun
And if that's not lovin' me then all I've got to say
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
There's no such thing as Doctor Suess
Disneyland or Mother Goose is no nursery rhyme
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And when myself is feelin' low
I think about her face aglow and ease my mind
Sometimes I call her up at home knowing she's busy
And ask if she could get away and meet me and grab a bite to eat
Then she drops what she's doin' and hurries down to meet me and I'm always late
But she sits waitin' patiently
And smiles when she first sees me cause she's made that way
And if that ain't lovin' me then all I've got to say
God didn't make little green apples
It don't snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes
There's no such think as make believe
Puppy dogs and autumn leaves and BB guns
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
When myself is feelin' low
I think about her face aglow and ease my mind
To ease my mind to ease my mind
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