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Listen to me people
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It's a sad tale that I tell
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He was bound for heaven
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But the poor boy went to hell
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He was a poor boy
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He was a poor boy
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He was a poor poor boy
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In our hearts there was no joy
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Oh how we cried
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The day he died
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And we had ourselves a time
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For that poor boy out on the Second Line
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The wedding date was set
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The money had been saved
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But he went to the casino
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And he gambled it away
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He was a poor boy
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Yeah a poor boy
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He was a poor poor boy
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In our hearts there was no joy
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Oh how we cried
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The day he died
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And had ourselves a time
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For that poor boy out on the Second Line
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He tried to change the subject
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When he told his future wife
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Well that's when she did object
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And she took the poor boy's life
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He was a poor boy
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A poor boy
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He was a poor poor boy
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In our hearts there was no joy
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Oh how we cried
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The day he died
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And we had ourselves a time
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For that poor boy out on the Second Line
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Now the moral of our story
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It is so sad to say
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Save your money for your funeral
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When you gamble it away
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He was a poor boy
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A poor boy
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He was a poor poor boy
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In our hearts there was no joy
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Oh how we cried
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The day he died
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And we had ourselves a time
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For that poor boy out on the Second...
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Oh-oh he was a poor boy
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He was a poor boy
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He was a poor boy
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He was a poor boy
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He was a poor boy
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He was a poor boy
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He was a poor boy
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Poor Boy
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Michelle Shocked |