And they wandered in
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From the city of St. John
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Without a dime
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Wearing coats that shined
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Both red and green
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Colors from their sunny island
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From their boats of iron
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They looked upon the promised land
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Where surely life was sweet
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On the rising tide
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To New York City
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Did they ride into the street
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See the glory
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Of the royal scam
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They are hounded down
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To the bottom of a bad town
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Amid the ruins
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Where they learn to fear
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An angry race of fallen kings
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Their dark companions
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While the memory of
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Their southern sky was clouded by
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A savage winter
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Every patron saint
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Hung on the wall, shared the room
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With twenty sinners
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See the glory
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Of the royal scam
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By the blackened wall
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He does it all
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He thinks he's died and gone to heaven
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Now the tale is told
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By the old man back home
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He reads the letter
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How they are paid in gold
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Just to babble in the back room
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All night and waste their time
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And they wandered in
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From the city of St. John without a dime
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See the glory
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Of the royal scam
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The Royal Scam
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| Steely Dan |
