I was in an all night movie
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When I heard the usher say
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Here comes the midnight cowboy
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Got his gun hired out for pay;
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You were walking kind of faded
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From the Netherlands Hotel
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With your hat tipped off to ladies
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Really looking well.
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Aw Joe, why don't you go back home?
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Really hate to see you falling down
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Get out of town.
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Well you came to New York City With a calendar full of gold
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Now they locked it up in the bedroom
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And they kicked you out in the cold;
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Now you can't afford a little blanket
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You can get one from a friend
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You can trick one off the corner
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You can even keep the change - to spend.
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Hey Joe, why don't you go back home?
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Really hate to see you come falling down
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Get out of town.
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There's a soldier in the depot
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He's a fighting nightingale
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Wearing western boots and buckskin on
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Reading fortunes from the penny scale;
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Now today he's got a a quarter
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For the photograph machine
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But tomorrow he'll be lonely lonely
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That's the way it's always been.
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Poor Joe, why don't you go back home?
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Really hate to see you falling down
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Get out of town.
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I was in an all night movie
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When I heard the usher say
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Here comes the midnight cowboy again
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Got his gun hired out for pay;
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You were walking kind of faded
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From the Netherlands hotel
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Hat tipped off to ladies
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Tipped off to gentlemen as well.
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Well Joe, why don't you go back home?
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Find yourself a girl and settle down
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Get out of town
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Get out of town
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Find yourself a girl, go and settle down
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Hey Joe, looking more lost than found
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Get out of town.
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MIDNIGHT COWBOY SONG, THE
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| Joni Mitchell |
