Picnic chords by Bill Morrissey

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Mama brought a blanket
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an d  a picnic basket
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She led us kids out
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on the grass
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She brought Coca -Col
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a and  cold fried chicken
If you wanted anything,
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you just had to ask
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The sun was shining on
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me and my  brothers,
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we couldn't have felt
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better if we tried.
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I remember mama's words
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as we broke the bread and fed the birds,
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everything tastes a
little bit better
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when you eat outside.
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San Francisco in 82,
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me and my bride sat out on the patio,
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the waiter brought a white wine
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for the newlyweds
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who couldn't dream of a better place to go,
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a gentle breeze blew,
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As she   moved close,
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she kissed me on the lips
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and I replied.
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I guess my mama was right
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when she told me one night,
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everything tastes a little
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bit better
when you eat outside.
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A summer in Maine in 91,
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I'd just been laid off,
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but the neighbors never knew.
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I cooked them up the swordfish,
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the steaks and the chickens,
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just about anything you
could barbecue.
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That was just a week
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before my wife packed her things
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and took the kids  back
to her folks in Telluride.
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But now you know
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those steaks were good that night
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Back in 91,
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everything tastes a little bit better
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when you eat outside
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Well that's my story,
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it ain't a long one
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Every bum on the street's got one to tell
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Now it's just you and me
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waiting for this restaurant to close
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And man I've come to
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know this dumpster well
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Yeah it's starting to rain now
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and you bet   ter stay low
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Cause these cops will catch you
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if they catch you on the slide
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It's like camping out
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but really there's just no place
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else to go
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Everything tastes a little bit better
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when you eat outside.
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You'll find everything tastes a little
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bit better
when you eat outside.
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