[Kristofferson]
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I played the Red River Valley
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And he'd sit out in the kitchen and cry
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An' run his fingers through 70 years of livin'
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An' wonder Lord, as ever, will that drill run dry?
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We were friends, me an this old man
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[All]
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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[Jennings]
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He's a drifter, and a driller of oil wells
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And an old-school man of the world
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He'd let me drive his car when he's too drunk to
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And he'd wink, and give me money for the girls
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And our lives were like some old western movie
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[All]
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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[Nelson]
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From the time that I could walk, he'd take me with him
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To a bar, called the Green Frog Cafe
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And there were old men, with beer-guts and dominoes
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Lying about their lives while they play
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And I was just a kid, they called his sidekick
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[All]
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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[Cash]
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One day I looked up, and he's pushing 80
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And there's brown tobacco stains all down his chin
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To me he's one of the heroes of this country
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So why is he all dressed up like them old men?
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Drinkin' beer and playing Moon in 42
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[All]
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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[Nelson]
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The day before he died, I went to see him
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I was grown, and he was almost gone
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[Cash]
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So we just closed our eyes and dreamed of supper kitchens
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And sang another verse to that old song
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[Jennings spoken]
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Come on Jack, that son-of-a-gun's a-comin'.
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[All]
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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Like desperados waiting for a train
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Desperados Waiting For A Train
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| The Highwaymen |
