Key: G major
Verse 1
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Tennessee boy joined
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the U .S. Navy in 1950, he was 17.
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his mama died his first trip at sea.
He learned to work and
and go out whoring,
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Poor old Tom, he don't know
wherever it pleases,
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cold day breaks.
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Poor old Tom, he's telling it all,
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his thoughts are roaring like a wa terfall
and there's no doubt
Through typhoons and calms
on the great Pacific,
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proud to be serving the USA
and he got promoted,
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he got VD but it went away
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Poor old Tom, he ain't right,
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the open jail
Now it's 35 years since his incarceration,
to the institution
with shock therapy
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Poor old Tom, he don't know
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He's got trouble recalling his history
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a mystery
Now his eyes bulge out
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as we talk on the corner
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Eight turns on the gurney,
to another building
He cried, Lord,
help me as they put him under
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He sailed away on an ether sea
all he does is wonder
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For old time, his story's true
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Now the radios blare new
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diseases are cured every day.
is to be unwanted,
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to be used up and cast away.
So as we make our way
towards our destinations,
nothing in common.
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Jesus healed a blind man's eyes
with mud.
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For a time, he don't know why his teeth gotta rattle,
The night wind's free to blow
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cold day breaks.
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