[Johnny Cash]
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There's a man across the hall, who sits starin' at the floor
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He thinks he's Hank Williams, hear him singin' through the door
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There's a girl in two-oh-three, who stops by to visit me
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And she talks about her songs, and the star that she should be
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There are lots of special people, stayin' in or passin' through
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And for one thing or another, committed to Parkview
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[Willie Nelson]
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There's the girl in three-oh-seven, comin' down on Thorazine
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And a superstar's ex-drummer, tryin' to kick Benzedrine
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There's a boy just down below me, who's the son of some well-known
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He was brought in by his mother, 'cause his daddy's always gone
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There's a bum from down on Broadway, and a few quite well-to-do
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Who have withdrawn from the rat-race, and committed to Parkview
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[Johnny Cash]
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There's a girl who cries above me, loud enough to wake the dead
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They don't know what she has taken, that has scrambled up her head
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[Willie Nelson]
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There's a writer and a singer, who has tried and tried and tried
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They just brought him in this mornin', an attempted suicide
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[Johnny Cash, Lead; Willie Nelson, Harmony]
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There are those who never made it, those who did and now are through
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[Willie Nelson]
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Some came of their own good choosing, some committed to Parkview
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[Willie Nelson]
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They wake us about six-thirty, just before the morning meal
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While they're taking blood pressure, they ask us how we feel
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[Johnny Cash]
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And I always say "Fantastic, there ain't nothing wrong with me"
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[Willie Nelson]
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And then they give me my injection, and I go right back to sleep
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[Johnny Cash]
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And the days are kind of foggy, and the nights are dreamy too
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[Johnny Cash, Lead; Willie Nelson, Harmony]
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But they're takin' good care of me, committed to Parkview
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Committed To Parkview
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| The Highwaymen |
