So Many Mistakes chords by Steve Forbert
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As it
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rained on the cars
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in the street down below,
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headed north in the pale light of day.
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There I stood in my window
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and watching it all,
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making plans to be headed that way.
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Now I'm up in the morning,
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the stars fading out,
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it's a cold Arizona instead.
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Carmelita,
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it's me with my confidence crushed
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Looking down at the dry riverbed
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I believed what they said
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about Freddy's old man
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The arrangement was easily made
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There I was in the shad
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ows without any clue
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As to what kind of tricks had been played
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And when I got to the building
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I seen Freddy's friend
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Pull away in a big yellow truck
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And when I mentioned the money
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They showed their true colors
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And that's when I ran out of luck
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There's so many mistakes
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All so easily made
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Then they topple on off
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Of the ship
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You better go careful now
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See what goes on
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You had better look out for yourself
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Oh yeah
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Although Joe was married
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She weakened for him
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And the pills took her further astray
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She lost her control and she lost everything
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Late one night on the east
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motorway
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There's a man with a pen
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and a fast line of talk
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And some print further
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down on his page
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There's a boy in the bar
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with a very short fuse
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And you ain't seen the
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wrath of his rage
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There's so many mistakes
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all so easily made
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And they topple on off of the ship
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You'd better go careful now,
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see what goes on
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You had better look out for yourself
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Oh yeah!
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Oh yeah!
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They're so frightened of pick
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ing up hitchhikers now
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This was one time
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when it should have reversed
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Sid was there with his assignment,
they pulled up beside him
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He smiled and got in for the worst
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Jackie walking alone
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by the old railroad tracks
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On the street he wrote down all his life
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Not a bad part of town,
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he was starting to think
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When a stranger walked up with a knife
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Oh, the heads of the children,
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their soft shining hair
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Heaven help them tomorrow, I pray
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Who in the world that they're fa cing
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is further along
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On its course of ridiculous ways
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And the friends you select
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and the company you keep
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Don't you see how you bring it all on
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You can't trust everybody,
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can't read people's minds
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You come home to find
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everything gone
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There's so many mistakes,
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all so easily made
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Then they topple on off of the shelf
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You bet ter go careful now,
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see what goes on
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You had better look out for yourself
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Again
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Hey!
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Thanks watching,
So Many Mistakes
Steve Forbert
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