Key: B minor
Verse 1
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A car thief, a con,
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a ladies man charmer,
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a rambler, a dancer,
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He rode to New York on a
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bus one December
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to the Bebop and Swing.
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It was there he met Burroughs,
Kerouac,
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Ginsburg, Honky and Corso,
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the Renegade Ring.
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They soon recognized
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in this mad cowboy dreamer
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They were typewriter outlaws,
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He came from nowhere,
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town in the country
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The great ones always do
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He came from somewhere
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west of the Rockies,
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out of the American blue.
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Like frightening chain lightning,
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he flashed inspiration.
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They drew from his demons
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and drank from his wine.
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When poets tell tales of the beat generation,
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His ghost everywhere like
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hot radium shines.
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for the pure joy of living.
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Tomorrow was ten years
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He had no regrets,
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and he had no misgivings
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If there was a sign,
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He came from nowhere,
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town in the country
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The great ones always do
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He came from some
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where west of the Rockies,
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out of the American blue.
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He nev er got rich,
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but he rode horses bareback
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The sixties found him driving
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He died all alone by a Mexican train track
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how much he meant to us
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town in the country
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The great ones always do
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He came from somewhere
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west of the Rockies
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Out of the American blue
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Neil Cassidy, this drink's on you
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From your bar tab
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