New Jersey Turnpike
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Riding on a wet night
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'neath the refinery's glow
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Down where the great black river flow
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Licence, registration...
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I ain't got none
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But I got a clear conscience
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'bout the things that I done
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Mister State Trooper
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
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Maybe you got a kid
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Maybe you got a pretty wife
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The only thing that I got's
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Been bugging me my whole life
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Mister State Trooper
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't ya stop me
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Well, in the wee wee hours
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Your mind gets hazy
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Radio relay towers
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Gonna lead me to my baby
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Radio's jammed up
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With talk show stations
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It's just talk, talk, talk, talk
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'til you lose your patience
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Mister State Trooper
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't ya stop me
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Hey, somebody out there
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Listen to my last prayer,
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Heigh-ho Silver oh,
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Deliver me from nowhere
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State Trooper
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