The last time that I saw her
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She was standing in the rain
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With her overcoat under her arm
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Leaning on a horsehead cane
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She said "Carl, take all the money"
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She called everybody Carl
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"My spirit's broke"
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"My mind's a joke,"
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"And getting up's real hard"
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[Chorus:]
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Don't you know her
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When you see her?
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She grew up
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In your back yard
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Come back to us
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Barbara Lewis
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Hare Krishna
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Beauregard
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Selling bibles at the airports
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Buying Quaaludes on the phone
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Hey, you talk about
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A paper route
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She's a shut in without a home
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God save her, please
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She's nailed her knees
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To some drugstore parking lot
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Hey, Mr. Brown
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Turn the volume down
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I believe this evening's shot
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[Chorus]
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Can't you picture her next Thursday?
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Can you picture her at all?
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In the Hotel Boulderado
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At the dark end of the hall
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I gotta shake myself and wonder
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Why she even bothers me
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For if heartaches were commercials
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We'd all be on T.V.
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[Chorus]
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Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
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John Prine |