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Lonesome Tom
Lonesome Tom

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Key: A major
Verse 1
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Well, there once was a tall man,
his brother Jack,
Ramped along the railroad track.
Jack says, Tom, I've got a sweet song,
For a girl with a pretty name.
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Let's find a little town and the rest,
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Find a crazy school and get
a good breakfast.
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Maybe I'll find me a pretty waitress,
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And do some serenading.
And Tom says, brother,
you're a quarter -weight cock
You couldn't sing a car,
forget about jazz, it ain't locked
Ain't no trouble in this world
unless a man goes a -lookin'
And best keep your britches on
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Besides, I already found us an ocean
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We'll take the tracks till we
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can smell the ocean
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Far away from this locomotion
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In some harbor town
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Whoa, don't it mine,
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whoa, don't it mine
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What a man's gotta do to survive
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Oh, honey girl, don't let me down
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I'll be looking for you all around
Brother Tom, I didn't make you no boss
And Daddy knocked you
down at the first sight
Of course, you better think a while
Before you try and make the rules
Or trouble will find you
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But a pretty little thing could
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be waiting for me
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Maybe the next time, maybe you'll see
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Well, I'll sing her my song
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and she'll marry me
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And I'll leave you to
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wander by yourself
Tossed by opposite pub,
let your brain catch up
You're a poor man with a hearty,
but I couldn't corrupt
How you gonna make a
bride without no work?
You couldn't get along without me
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I know you're lonely,
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I don't have to agree
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That it would be nice to
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hold something lovely
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But right now I've got you
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and you've got me
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Brothers, they don't do that
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Oh lordy my, oh lordy my
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What a man's gotta do to survive
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Oh honey girl, don't let me down
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I'll be looking for you all around
Jack thought, it ain't right man,
it ain't fair
We ramble till we smell the soft air
He said, I'm going to find a work
that sun shines in the morning
And quit these wary ways
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Well, Jack, you can settle for
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your white trash
Women, while you're
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working for a mortgage,
I'll be swimming
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With no binding ties
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and the sunlight glimmering
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Cause I'll be a free man
Well, the wind got strong
as they moved along
Man, Tom got the figure maybe
he was all wrong
He said, I've been dog
-lonesome for so many years
I don't want you to end up like me
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I ain't sayin' that you're all wrong,
brother
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But sometimes you gotta give
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a chance to another
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Someone will claim you
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and you'll recover
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Somewhere along the way
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Whoa, Lordy my, oh
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Lordy my
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What a man's gotta do to survive
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Oh, honey girl, don't let me down
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I'll be looking for you all around
Splitting up was what they did that night
Was no more fuss and no more fight
Jack cried a tear but he said I'll be alright
As he mistled down near the pine
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And Tom camped on with
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his westward ways
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Telling himself he'd
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find better days
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Preparing a conditioning
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for his union with the clay
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Hoping first to find some happiness
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Well, there ain't no life
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without a sweet song
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And it's hard to find something
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that you can't move along
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Ain't nobody right
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and there ain't nobody wrong
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Brothers like Jack and Lonesome Tom
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Oh, Lordy my, oh,
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Lordy my
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What a man's gotta do to survive
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Oh, honey girl, don't let me down
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I'll be looking for you all around
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Oh lordy my, oh lordy my
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What a man's gotta do to survive
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Oh honey girl don't let me down
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I'll be looking for you all around
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