Key: G major•
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Verse 1
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It was
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Frank Cash was down on his luck,
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he made a kill in a Churchill dams,
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but dropped it all at Aqueduct,
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an d that left him somewhat
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thunderstruck.
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down on Lonely Street,
he was looking for somewhere
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to hide.
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the door every day,
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and he'd go through the
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classifiers.
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to the sports page,
and he noticed that something
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was strange.
but the football scores
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were for next week's games.
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Frank felt scared and a little deranged
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But a switchboard lit up
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in his brain
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That Sunday he watched in amazement
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on his TV set
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Monday morning he ran for the paper
He made it to the phone
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and began placing bets
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that night on the jets
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Ten grand he didn't
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have on the jets
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It happened like that the whole season
all the money he made
Which he kept in a sprawling
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estate on the lake
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And by that I don't mean by the lake,
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I mean on the lake.
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He waited all summer for football to start,
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the maid brought him the paper each day.
But all he could find was yes
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terday's scores,
the damn paper had ceased to
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prognosticate.
Then a look of horror crossed
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his face.
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It had finally dawned on him,
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but too late
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His rolls hit the
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pavement at 120
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Headed for Lonely Street
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the door screen
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Frank asked if he still got the paper
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what do you care?
Frank answered,
I need to see the sports section
Just for a minute,
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and John Walker stared
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John pulled the reel 45
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John Walker was no longer
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alive
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The judge looks down
through his bifocals
squirm in their seats.
except for his footsteps.
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Frank says, Your Honor
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and ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
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all this has been happening to me
because of this guy named T
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-Bone Burnett.
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this up.
I don't believe in him.
In fact, I don't even think he exists.
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And not only that,
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but this song is over.
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Frank got a suspended sentence,
the jury ruled it was self -defense.
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on the grounds it didn't make
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any sense.
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Frank Cash had had a pretty good year,
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considering the dizzying chain of events.
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but I gave him back all the
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money he spent.
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with a lot of soul,
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president.
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tell him I said hello,
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an d that I'm happy to be able to call him
Outro 1
my friend.
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