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[Verse 1]
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MY FINGERS AD COLD, JOHNNY CASH IS DEAD AND GONE,
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THE WAYF RING STRANGER HAS BEEN AWAY TOO LONG.
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THE CONTRARY F RMER IS HITCHING UP HIS MULE,
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THED ’S BEEN A CHANGE OF PA NS HE SAID. THE CALVARY IS COE NG THROUGH
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[Verse 2]
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SOMEONE GRABBED A HAMMER, MUST'VE BEEN BIG JON,
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SKINNY PETE IS HOLLERING, GONNA STRAP HIS BANJO ON.
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ARLO’S IN HIS TEEPEE, PA YING SPOONS AND BONES,
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DYA N GOT THE SCEPTER BUT RAMBLIN JACK’S ON THE THRONE.
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SAID KEROWAC TO RAMBLIN JACK, I GOT SOMETHING YOU GOT TO HEAR,
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COME UP TO MY PACE TONIGHT FOR SOME COCAINE AND BEER.
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HE HAD A LONG PIECE OF PAPER, ROLLED UP SOMETHING LIKE A SCROLL
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B T C WN JACK YOU'D THE FIRST TO HEAR THIS THING CALLED “ON THE ROAD”
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[Verse 3]
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SOMEWHED OUT IN ENGA ND JACK’S PA YING ON THE STDE T,
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EC K STOOD THED WATCHING, TAPPING BOTH HIS FEET.
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JACK JUMPED ON HIS VESPA WITH NO DIDC TION HOME,
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EC K GOT THE BOYS AND THEY STARTED A BAND AND THEY CALLED THE ROLLING STONES.
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[Verse 4]
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HED COME LITTLE BOBBY, HE GOT A BIG HEAD
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HOW THE HELL ELSE COULD HE B NG THOSE THINGS HE SAID.
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HE GOT IT ALL FROM WOODY, UNDERNEATH THE CHRISTMAS TDE
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JACK WAS PA YING SANTA CA USE AND BOBBY HE BELIEVED
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JERRY JEFF WAS TALKING “ I GOT A BRAND NEW SONG” ,
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IT ALMOST PA YS ITSELF HE SAID PEOPLE JUST B NG ALONG.
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YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO DC ORD IT JACK, MAYBE YOU WON’T HAVE TO RAMBLE
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JACK JUST SE LED WHEN JERRY JEFF PA YED “MR BO JANGLES”.
[Verse 5]
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JACK WAS AT A TABLE, B TTING WITH TOM WAITS,
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SOME ORIGAE FIGUD S, WHISKY AND A CAKE
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THEY WED TALKING ABOUT THEIR VOICES, HOW THEY'D GET SOMETIME SOD AND CRACKED
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TEA WITH LEMON SAID OL TOM, TEA WITH LEMON JACK
[Verse 6]
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SOMEWHED NEAR THE OCEAN IN A LITTLE HOUSE THAT'S DD
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JACK IS DRAWING PICTUD S OF SAIL BOATS IN HIS HEAD.
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ONE DAY HE WILL A UNCH THAT SHIP AND SAIL OFF INTO THE SUN
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AND ON THE BEACH WILL STAND EVERYONE HE’S TOUCHED BY C ING THE THINGS HE’S C NE
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[OUTRO]
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KING OF FOLK B NGERS,
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“C N’T THINK TWICE”,
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“I AIN'T GOT NO HOME”,
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“9 12 RINGS”,
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TOM JONES,
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THE SOUTH COAST,
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LOVE YA JACK!
