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I was the cleaning man
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I was the cleaning man
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Listened to the radio play 'Cowgirl in the Sand'
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When I was the cleaning man
[Verse 2]
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I was the cleaning man
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After everyone had come
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To talk and drink and dance
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I could see the evening scene reflecting in the cans
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Now echoes of the empty room return with loneliness
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And in the darkness of the night
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I take the devil's hand
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When I was the cleaning man
[Verse 3]
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I was death's hand
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I was heroin
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To somebody I shouldn't have been
[Verse 4]
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I was heroin
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I was death's hand
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I was the thief who stole all those women and men
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I stood at the funerals of relatives and friends
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And like a Midas eye wishing my greed and curse would end
[Outro]
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When I was the cleaning man
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When I was the cleaning man
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When I was the cleaning man
