You can't live together
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You can't live alone
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Considering the weather
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Oh my, how you've grown
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From the men in the factories
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To the wild kangaroo
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Like those birds of a feather
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They're gathering together
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And feeling
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Exactly like you
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They got mesmerized
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By lullabies
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And limbo danced
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In pairs
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Please lock that door
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It don't make much sense
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That common sense
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Don't make no sense
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No more
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Just between you and me
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It's like pulling
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When you ought to be shovin,
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Like a nun
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With her head in the oven
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Please don't tell me
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That this really wasn't nothing
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One of these days
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One of these nights
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You'll take off your hat
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And they'll read you
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Your rights
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You'll wanna get high
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Every time you feel low
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Hey, Queen Isabella
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Stay away from that fella
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He'll just get you
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Into trouble, you know?
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But they came here by boat
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And they came here by plane
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They blistered their hands
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And they burned out their brain
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All dreaming a dream
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That'll never come true
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Hey, don't give me no trouble
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Or I'll call up my double
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We'll play piggy-in-the-middle
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With you
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You'll get mesmerized
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By alibis
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And limbo dance in pairs
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Please lock that door
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It don't make much sense
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That common sense
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Don't make no sense
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No more
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Common Sense
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John Prine |