Key: A major•
Verse 1
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They broke into your car last night,
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Now you say you don't know why
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The garage man didn't see a thing,
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so you guess it was an inside job
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You made a reservation, a table for three
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They said you'd have to wait,
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somebody must have bribed the maitre'd
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Boss got mad and he blamed it all on you
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Food was bad and the deal fell
through
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Verse 2
(chorus)
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Well out here in the middle
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you can park it on the street
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Step up to the counter;
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Nobody steals. Nobody cheats
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Wish you were here my love
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Wish you here my love
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Verse 3
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We got tractor pulls and Red Man chew Cor
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porate relo refugees that need love too
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we ain't seen Elvis in
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a year or two
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we got justification for wealth
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and greed~
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Amber waves of grain and bathtub speed
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We even got Starbucks
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what else you need?
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Verse 4
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(chorus)
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Where the center's on the right
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And the ghost of William Jennings
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To save the lonely souls
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in the dashboard lights
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Wish you were here my love
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Wish you were here my love
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Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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middle
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Where the buffalo roam
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We're putting up towers
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And we screen all applicants
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With a fine tooth comb
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Wish you were here my love
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Wish you were here my love
Outro 1
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