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Early

one

mornin'

the

sun

was

shinin'

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I

was

layin

in

bed.

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Wonderin'

if

she'd

changed

at

all

if her

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hair

was

still

red?

Her

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Folks

they

said

our

lives

to

gether

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sure

was

gonna

be

rough.

They never

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did

like

ma

mas

homemade

dress

Papas

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bankbook

wasn't

big

enough.

and

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I

was

standin'

on the

side

of the

road

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rain

fallin

on

my

shoes.

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Heading

out

for the

east

coast

Lord

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knows

I've

paid

some

dues

gettin'

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Through

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She

was

married

when

we

first

met

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Soon

to be

di-

vorced

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I helped

her

out

of a

jam

I

guess

but I

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used

a little

to much

force

We

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drove

that

car

as

far

as

we

could A

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Abandonded

it

out

west

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Split up on a

dark sad night both

D FOUR_MAJOR

agreein' it was best.

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She turned around

to look at me

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D FOUR_MAJOR

as I was walkin

away

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I heard her say over my

shoulder

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D FOUR_MAJOR

we'll meet again some-

day, on the ave-

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nue---------

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I had

a

job

at the

great

North

woods

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Workin

as a

cook

for a

spell

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I never

did

like

it

all

that

much

and one

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day

the

ax just

fell

So I

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Drifted

down

to

New

Orleans

Where I

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G/A FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

was

looking

to be

em-

ployed

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Workin

for

awhile

on a

fishin

boat

Right out-

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side

of

Delacroix

But

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all

the while

I

was

alone

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the

past

was

close be-

hind

I've

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seen

a

lot

of

women

but she

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never

escaped

my

mind

and

i just

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grew

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She

was

workin

in a

topless

place

and

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G/A FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

I

stopped

in

for a

beer

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G/A FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

I just

kept

lookin

at the

side

of

her

face. in the

D FOUR_MAJOR

spotlight

so

clear.

And

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later

on

as

the

crowd

thinned

out

I was

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G/A FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

just

about

to

do the

same

She was

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standin

there

at

the

back of my

chair

and

said

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Don't

I

know

your name?

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I muttered

some-

thing

under-

neath

'a my

breat

She

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D FOUR_MAJOR

studied

the

lines

on my

face.

I

E FIVE_MAJOR

FBm SIX_MINOR

must

admit

I felt

a

little

uneasy

When

she

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D FOUR_MAJOR

bent

down

to

tie the

laces

of

my

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shoes.

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she

lit

a

burner

on

a

stove

and

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G/A FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

offered

my

a

pipe.

I

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thought

you'd

never

say

hello

she

said

D FOUR_MAJOR

you

look

like

the

silent

type

She

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G/A FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

opened

up

a

book

of

poems

and

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handed

it

to

me

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Written

by

an

Italian

poet

From the

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thirteenth

century

and

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every

one

of

them

words

rang

true

and glowed

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like

burnin

coal.

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pourin

off

of

every

page

like it was

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D FOUR_MAJOR

written

in

my

soul

from

me

to

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you

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I lived

with

them

on

Montague

street

In a

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basement

down the

stairs

There

was

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music

in

ca-

fes

at

night

and Revo

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lution

in the

air.

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Then

he started

in

dealing

with

slaves

and

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something

in-

side of

him

died.

She

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G/A FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

had

to

sell

every

thing

she

owned

and

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froze

up

inside.

and

E FIVE_MAJOR

FBm SIX_MINOR

when

finally

the

bottom

fell

out

and

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D FOUR_MAJOR

I

became

with

drawn

The

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only

thing

I knew

how

to

do.

Was to

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keep

on

keepin

on

like

the

bird that

E FIVE_MAJOR

E FIVE_MAJOR

flew

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So now

i'm

goin'

back

again

I

A ONE_MAJOR

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got

to

get to

get to

her

somehow

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All

the

people

that we

used

to know

Are an

D FOUR_MAJOR

illusion

to me

now

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Some

are

math-

me

ticians

A ONE_MAJOR

G/A FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

Some

are

carpenters

wives

Don't

A ONE_MAJOR

G/A FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

know

how

it

all got

started,

I don't

D FOUR_MAJOR

know

know

what

they're

doin

with

their

live

E FIVE_MAJOR

FBm SIX_MINOR

But me

i'm

still

on

the

road

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D FOUR_MAJOR

Headin

for a-

nother

joint

E FIVE_MAJOR

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we always

always

did

feel

the

same

we just

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D FOUR_MAJOR

saw it

from a

different

point

of

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view