Jerry Jeff Walker
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Last night I sat out on the boat dock and smoked a big cigar
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Let my mind drift back along the road of life
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I¡¯ve traveled down so far
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Started out a dreamer with a suitcase in hand
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A guitar on my back without a care or a plan
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A gypsy boy hitchhiking down the road
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Ah here I go
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I fell in love at nineteen and
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I thought the world lay there in her eyes
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But the kind of life i talked about
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Was not the kind that she had in mind
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I was just a skinny kid who played the guitar
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One day i looked up and she went by in a car
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Driven by some guy i didn't know
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I let 'er go
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I went down to New Orleans,
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I¡¯d never been to that locale
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Found some work bartending
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And I started running with some pals
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We had guitars and followed Dave Stovall around
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We met some Cajun girls who had just drove into town
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They said that they were headed for the coast,
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We all said let's all go
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We were on life's adventure now,
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Traveling cross the great southwest
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When I first saw Texas
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I thought man this must be the best
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When I got to LA I just turned it around
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Their heads are up among the stars,
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There¡¯s cracks in the ground
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I really couldn't care less if it blows,
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I said let 'er blow
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When I got back to Texas
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I thought man I finally found my place
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The people are so friendly
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And they always have a pleasant face
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The women all are pretty with a wink in their eye
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The cowboys at the bar are all so polite and shy
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Except when they ride the bulls at the rodeo,
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They say let 'er go
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Well I put a band together
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And we sat around and played songs that i like
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We sat around and worked them up
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'Till I thought we played them all just right
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The first gig that we ever played
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I stayed out too long
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Then we went out and partied
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And we stayed up 'till dawn
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The next night at the club I didn't show,
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The bartender said hey let 'em go
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I got lucky with some songs
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And they were hits on the radio
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Promoters said they needed some gonzo stuff
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For the country package show
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The record company said that they were caught by surprise
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They said you guys are really hard to categorize
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I don't think that they ever caught our show
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They just let us go
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Well I¡¯ve traveled round the world
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And sang my songs for people that I¡¯ve met
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I¡¯ve made a lot of people smile
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And all in all I still have no regrets
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I¡¯ve got a family that I love and they love me too
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I¡¯ve got a band I travel with 'cause that's what we do
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And I see how quickly all the years have flown,
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I say let 'em go
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Last night I sat out on the boat dock
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And smoked a big cigar
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And let my mind drift back along the road of life
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I¡¯ve traveled down so far
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I thought of all the places I have been in my life
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And all the places that I have to see 'fore I die
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I looked over at the boat tied to the dock,
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I said got on and let 'er go
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Let 'er Go
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| Jerry Jeff Walker |
