Stopped off on a long drive.
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Down from the high country.
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Spent a long time sitting here,
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Long time counting hot miles.
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Ohh, oh I'd like a cup of black coffee and a piece of sweet cake.
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But the girl in the print dress doesn't want my money--
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she won't take it: she says--
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Oh she says.
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Oh she says I just know you're a Leo,
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I can tell you've got a lion's heart.
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She went on in this way for a while,
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Like some 60's sister playing a part.
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Ohh this cup of black coffee gonna do me just fine.
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Through the dust in the mirror tiles I can see that door,
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Keep it close behind.
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Oh she says.
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She says, come on over to my house,
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make a journey here sometime.
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You know there's a party going on,
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a ladder in my stocking you can climb,
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There's a ladder you can climb.
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Oh she looked so liberated.
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She was looking fit to start.
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She got this back to front and sideways,
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wore her sleeve upon her heart.
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Ohhh, oh, just one more coffee's 'bout all I can take.
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Have to do a truck stop runner now.
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I'm not man enough to make it,
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She says.
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She says.
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Oh she says.
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She says, come on over to my house,
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make a journey here sometime.
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You know there's a party going on,
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a ladder in my stocking you can climb,
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There's a ladder you can climb.
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Stopped off on a long drive.
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Down from the high country.
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Spent a long time sitting here,
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Long time counting hot miles.
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Ohh, oh I'd like a cup of black coffee and a piece of sweet cake.
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But the girl in the print dress doesn't want my money--
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she won't take it: she says--
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Oh she says.
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She says, come on over to my house,
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make a journey here sometime.
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Kick off those tired sports shoes--
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got a ladder in my stocking you can climb,
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There's a ladder you can climb.
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Truck stop runner.
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I'll be a truck stop runner.
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Truck Stop Runner
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| Jethro Tull |
