In The Boxcar (Madrid, N.M.) chords by Joe West

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As the wind blows
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On a cold  and grey Madrid morn
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Another artist is tired and torn
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In the boxcar
In the boxcar
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And his mama cried
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Just one   thing that Madrid
doesn't need
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It's another hungry mouth to feed
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In the boxcar
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In the boxcar
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He does  his dishes in a rusty pail
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Installed his windows with li quid nail
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in the boxcar
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In the boxcar
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And his mama cried
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Now people don't you understand
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An artist needs a helping hand
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We all need a place to call home
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Take a look at you and me
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Are we too blind to see
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When things get bad you lose
all hope
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You're slippin' down a slippery slope
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As this world turns
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He's got no fire to feed his logs
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Tries to stay warm, spoonin' with his dog
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In the boxcar
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In the boxcar
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And  his mama cried
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But he don't cry, he don't moan,
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he's got a 3 .9
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Home De pot loan for the boxcar
In the boxcar
And his mama cried
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People can't you understand,
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an artist needs a place to land
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We all need a place to call home
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Take a look at you and me,
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are we too blind to see?
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It wears you down, it eats  your soul,
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and your home is a shithole
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And his hunger burns
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He don't moan, he don't cry
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His compost toilet is getting real high
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In the boxcar,
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in the boxcar
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And his mama cried
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He went  to the bar, he met a girl,
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she thought he was a rock star
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But then they got in her car,
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and she saw from afar
He lived in a boxcar,
slept alone that night
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People, don't you understand
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An artist needs a helping hand
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We all need a place to call home
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Take a look at you and me
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Are we too blind to see
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Things get bad, you lose all hope
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Suffer so much at the end of the road
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As mama cried
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