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I remember the smell of the (?) line when my daddy worked the WPA

 I remember the night my little brother died and my daddy just walked away

 But I can’t say I really blame him and it wasn’t cause he never tried

 He just stayed too long in the same place and he never got a chance to ride

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Hey, me I’m riding and never gonna walk no more

 Hey, me I’m riding and never gonna walk no more

Saturday night down in Birmingham stoned with the hobo Jack

He fell off the train and I stole his shoes and I never did gave ‘em back

And I don’t think he ever blame me when he caught pneumonia and died

He just stayed too long in the same place and he never got a chance to ride

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When the grass was green and the earth was warm I met Sarah-Jane

A hard luck girl in a family way and so I caught me a train

But I don’t think she ever blame me cause a lot of other fellas lied

She just stayed too long in the same place and he never got a chance to ride

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