put a dead cat on the railraod tracks
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when the wolf bains blooming by the tressel
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and get the eyeball of a rooster
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and the stones from a ditch
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and wash em down with bilge water
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and say you'll never snitch
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take the buttons from a yellow jacket
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the feather from a buzzard
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and the blood from the bounty hunters cold black heart
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catch the tears of a window
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in a thimble made ofglass
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tell your mamaand your papa
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theycan kiss your ass
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poison all the water in the wishin' well
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and hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree
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burn down all those honeymoons
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put em in a pillow case
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and wait next to the switch blades at the amusements park for me
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strangle all the cristmas carols
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scratch out all you prayers
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tie em up with barbed wire
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and push them down the stairs
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and i'll whittle you a pistol
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for reepin' nightmares off the blinds
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those sunsabitches always seem to sneak up from behind
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syphom all the gas from your daddys pickup truck
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fill up jonnys t bird
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i got a couple bucks
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put on little perfume and ribbon in your hair
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careful that you don't wake up the hounds
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tear a bolt of lightning
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off the side of the sky
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and throw in the cedar chest
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if you want me to tell you why
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bring the gear shift knob from a 49 mere
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and lay down here beside me
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let me hold you in the dirt
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and you'll tremble as the flames
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tear the throat out of the night
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sink your teeth into my shoulder
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dig your nails into my back
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tell that lettle girl to let go of my sleeve
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you'll be awoman when i catch you
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as you faqll in love with me
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then with my double barrel shotgun
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and a whole box of shells
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we'll celebrate the 4 of july
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we'll do 100 mph
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spendin' someone elses dough
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and we'll drive all the way to reno
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on the wrong side of the road
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Wrong Side Of The Road
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Tom Waits |