Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Asus4
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Verse 1
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who just couldn't cry
He hadn't cried for years and for
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years
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As a child he had cried as
He grew to be a man,
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Verse 2
His dog was run over,
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from his job
Lost his arm in the war,
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was laughed at by a whore
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Verse 3
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his movie was panned
And his big Broadway show
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Verse 4
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Verse 5
In jail he was beaten,
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bullied and buggered
And made to make license
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plates
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Water and bread was all he was fed
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Verse 6
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Doctors were called in,
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scientists, too
Theologians were last and
practically least
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Verse 7
Interlude 1
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Verse 8
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He was removed from jail
For the insensitive and the
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insane
And he wept every time it
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Verse 9
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Once it rained forty days and
And he cried and he cried and
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Verse 10
On the forty-first day, day,
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he passed away
Interlude 2
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Verse 11
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located his dog
Not only that,
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but he rejoined his arm
Down below, all the critics,
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they loot it all back
Verse 12
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His ex-wife died died of stretch marks,
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his ex-employer went went broke
The theologians were finally
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Verse 13
Right down to the ground,
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that old jail house burned down
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The earth suffered perpetual drought
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA G D Asus4 E
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