Tough mama
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Meat shaking on your bones
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I'm gonna go down to the river and get some stones
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Sister's on the highway with that steel drivin' crew
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Papa's in the big house, his working days are through
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Tough mama
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Can I blow a little smoke on you.
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Dark beauty
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Won't you move it on over and make somme room ?
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It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom
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Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise
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You came through it all the way flying through the skies
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Dark beauty
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With that long night's journey in you eyes.
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Sweet Goddess
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Born of a blinding light and a changing wind
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Now don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been
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Jack, the cowboy, went up north, he's buried in your past
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The lone wolf went out drinking, that was over pretty fast
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Sweet Goddess
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Your perfect stranger's coming in at last.
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Silver angel
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With the badge of the lonesome road written on your sleeve
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I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive
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Today on the countryside it was a hotter than a crotch
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I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch
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Sweet Goddess
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It must be time to carve another notch.
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I'm crestfallen
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The world of illusion is at my door
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I ain't a-haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore
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The prison walls are crumbling, there is no end in sight
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I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite
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Sweet beauty
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Meet me at the border late tonight.
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Tough Mama
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| Bob Dylan |