Fire Line Road chords by
James Mcmurtry

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Verse 1
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My name is Alice Walker,
they never told me why
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I'm not named for anybody,
it's a name out of the sky
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They thought it was pretty I guess,
way back when
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I'll change it some day
I like to pretend, I'm Just a visitor here
Like on one of those shows
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In a house full of people I don't
hardly know
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But we'll all get to home in a week or so
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Back to real life

Verse 2
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And I'm picking up the carpet in
the corner where I crash
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I'm too tired to separate the
pennies from the trash
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And I don't guess it matters
even why Jesus died
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I can tell you about sins

Verse 3
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They got this duplex up on Fire Line Road
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It's way out from town,
so the rent's pretty low,
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Not much more than a cinder block cell
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Just like the one next door
And the next one as well

Verse 4
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And the bus don't run out
here but three times a day
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The 7- 11, it's a full mile away
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And there's a car in the yard,
mostly rust and dents
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We moved here in it,
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but it hasn't run since

Verse 5
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[Chorus] Forget my name,
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can you forget my face
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Gonna lose myself in some
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finer place
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Finer Places, where I'll go
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I'll leave no trace out on
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Fire Line Road

Verse 6
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And there's a pile of daddy's quick-
picks scattered on the floor
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Among the half empty bottles,
that chair against the door
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In case he comes home drinkin',
with lovin' on his mind
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I'd never let it happen,
but that don't stop him tryin'
My sister weren't so lucky,
he got to her too soon
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She never saw it coming,
he knew just what to do
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To keep her silent
I swear to god I'll kill him if I can
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He said she made him do it, after all he's just a man

Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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[Chorus] Now she snorts
that crank,
and stares at the phone
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She ain't big as a minute,
just skin on bone
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She bites her nails right down
to the quick
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And they've taken her babies,
and they won't give them back
And I know she loves them
and god knows she tries,
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But when you're that far down
you're just going to get high
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It's like eating or breathing to the rest of us
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She can't even feel bad without the stuff

Interlude 2
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