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I   called my  baby,
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how did you call? I called her on the telephone, what did she say?
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She told me she was all alone,
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what did you do?
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Got a ticket on the very next train
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Going where?
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Going home so I   could explain
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Why I   was a thousand
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miles away that day
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When she needed me
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I finally got home
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What did you find?
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My baby had slipped the sea
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Where did she go?
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Over the mountain and across the stream
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What did you do?
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Try to follow her every trail
How come?
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I had to try to get my baby back
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Because I was a thousand
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miles away that day
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With she and me
Fellows, let me tell you
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Pay close attention to me
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
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If you love your baby
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What should we do?
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Don't you ever let your baby die
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What should we do?
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Always be there when
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she needs you around
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And if we don't
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If you don't you'll be
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just a lack of me
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How are you?
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I'm as lonesome as I   can be
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Because I was a thousand
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miles away that day
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When she needed me
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Where were you when she needed you?
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I was a thousand miles away that
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day when she needed me
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Where were you when she needed
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I was a thousand miles away
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that day when she needed me