Jackie Lynton-Chrysalis Music Ltd.
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Jerimiah said his peace and fell back in the road
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He was shot by Coulee Reese
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Who they nick-named Jack The Toad
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Just across his shoulder just a little to the right
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He heard the click of a 45 hammer
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So he throws himself down and he hits the ground
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Rolls right over and spins 'round
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And with one good shot, just one good shot
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He brings that villain right down
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In true "Hour Western" manner
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Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news
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I knew Coulee, Coulee never lost his cool
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A legend grew and Jack The Toad knew
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To back up all the talk
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One day soon, preferably noon
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He's going to have to take the long walk
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A poker game and a fast stake
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Of these Jack was the master
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But a man called Pete
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At the end of a dusty dusty street
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He's just about six feet
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Now he just might, you know he just might
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He might be a lttle faster
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Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news
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I knew Coulee, Coulee never lost his cool
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I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed
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It's Jack The Toad
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I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed
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It's Jack The Toad
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Well it had to happen on a summers' day
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When Jack was feeling good
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But a friend of a friend, promised a friend of a friend
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Promised a friend of a friend he would
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But many brave men have said the same thing
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Again and again and again
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Now Jack, when he went out to face Pete
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For the final showdown
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He was just a little bit high
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He'd been drinking and smoking
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And he thought he was so fast
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He made the last move
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And that was the last move he made
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Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news
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I knew Coulee, Coulee never lost his cool
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Well now he's gone but his memory lives on
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In the mind of every comic strip reader
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Some say weren't Jack, some say was camphor
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Some say he was just a bleeder
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One fact, one fact remain, always be the same
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Now on your way through life
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Sometimes you just got to be a little bad
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I knew Jack and, my goodness, he was bad
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He was bad, bad news
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You just got to be a little bad because, if you ain't
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The great gun fighter in the sky
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Ain't got no one to save
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And if you're just a little bad
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Just a little bad
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Nobody forgets your name
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Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news
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Bad, oh my goodness, Jack was bad news
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Jack the Toad
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Savoy Brown |