Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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and it starred Gregory Peck
He was shot down by a hungry kid trying
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kid down and string him up by the neck
Verse 2
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As the dy ing gunfighter lay in the sun
Turn him loose, let him go,
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to every moment face his death
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this stuff
and it just comes a-rolling in
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like a ball and chain
You know I can't believe we've lived so
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in' after me like a rollin' train
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and your platform heels
I could never figure out why you chose
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it was perfect as I got in behind the wheel
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your skin was so tender and soft
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Way down in Mexico you went out to
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I would have gone on after you but I didn't
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feel like letting my head get blown off
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is comin' up over the Rockies
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Now I know she ain't you but she's here
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and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul
But I'm too over the edge and
I ain't in the mood anymore
I was your only man
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she knows this car would go out of control
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Teeth like pearls shining like the
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moon above
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Brownsville girl, you're my honey love
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We pulled up where Henry
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He owned a wreckin' lot outside
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of town about a mile
She saw us come rolling
up in a trail of dust
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She said, Henry ain't here but you can come on in,
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he'll be back in a little while
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us how times were tough
and about how she was thinkin' of
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every time money came up
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She said, welcome to the land
of the living dead
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She She said, even the swap meets around here
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are getting pretty corrupt
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'til the wheels fall off and burn
'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat
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ah, you know some babies never learn
Verse 11
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or what part I was supposed to play
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All I remember about it was Gregory
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And a lot of them seemed to be
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Teeth like pearls shining
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like the moon above
Brownsville girl,
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Brownsville girl, you're my honey
Interlude 1
love
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Verse 13
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when shots rang out
I didn't know whether to
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I heard somebody shout
Verse 14
Corpus Christi Tribune
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You went out on a limb to testify for me,
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you said I was with you
Then when I saw you break down in
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It was the be st acting I saw anybody do
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that doesn't like to trespass
yourself over the line
Oh if there's an original thought out there,
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I could use it right now
You know, I feel pretty good, but that
ain't sayin' much
If you were just here by my
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side to show me how
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Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see
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one that I had in mind
He's got a new one out now,
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But I'll see him in anything so
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I'll stand in line
Verse 17
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Teeth like pearls shining like
Brownsville girl,
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Brownsville girl, you're my honey
Interlude 2
love
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Verse 18
The only thing we knew for
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And you know there was somethin'
about you baby
That I liked that was always
something about me you liked
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Strange how people who suffer together
have stronger connections
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they can talk about me plenty when I'm gone
You always said people don't
do what they believe in
then they repent
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And I always said, hang on to me, baby,
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and let's hope that the roof stays on
Verse 20
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or where I was bound
it starred Gregory Peck
shot in the back
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long before the stars were torn down
Verse 21
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Teeth like pearls shining like
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the moon above
Brownsville girl,
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you're my honey love
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Verse 22
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Teeth like pearls shining like the
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moon above
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you're my honey love
Verse 23
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Teeth like
pearls
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shining like the moon above
Outro 1
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