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the ballad of edward abbey chords by 
Tom Russell
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Verse 1
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It was in the town of Tuc
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son in Nineteen Eighty- Three
A man named Edward Abbey
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come a walking up to me
He pulled his cigar from his mouth,
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said, "I smell lawyers here"
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The politician, running- dogs,
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they crawled away in fear
Verse 2
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Singing do- ra- do
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Singing do- ra- day
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Ed walked across the desert
Verse 3
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at least a thousand times
He spoke with javelin
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a, slept 'neath piñon pine
And if he saw a billboard there, he'd
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chop that bastard down
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Said, if a man can't piss in his own front yard,
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he'd never keep close to town
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Singing do- ra- do
Verse 4
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Singing do- ra- day
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Lord, I wish Edward Abbey were
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walking round today
Verse 5
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Ed had a taste for women,
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in fact he married quite a few
He said, "I'd fall in love, boys,
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but I'm only passing through
You know I like 'em all, boys,
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and some more than the rest
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I've tried my hand at monogamy,
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now I'm off to save the west
Verse 6
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Singing do- ra- do
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Singing do- ra- day
Verse 7
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Ed died one day at sundown in his
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Tucson riding shack
They wrapped him in a sleeping bag and
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drove him way out back
Beneath the wild saguaro,
the coyotes chewed his bones
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And on a hidden marker,
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was 'No Comment', carved in stone
Verse 8
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Singing do- ra- do
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Singing do- ra- day
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Yeah, I wish Edward Ab bey were
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walking round today
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Verse 9
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Now I'm living in the desert,
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but the town is a- closing in
Those cracker box developments,
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Ed would call a sin
We stole this land from the Mexican and
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now we'll sell it back
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And they'll live like mortgage prisoners
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in those goddamn housing tracts
Verse 10
Tell me, who votes for the mountain lion,
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tell me, who votes for the fox
Who votes for the spotted owl who
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hides there in the rocks
I wish that Ed would come again with
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a chainsaw in his hand
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And carve all up those housing tracts
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and take on back the land
Verse 11
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Singing do- ra- do
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Singing do- ra- day
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Yeah, I wish Edward Abbey were
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walking round today
Outro 1
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