Mama died when I was born that July daddy took the drinking long before he died
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Grandma kept me up until her passing somebody's always leaving
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I've met Betty Jo at school for orphans in those two years we saw each other often
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A car wreck took her life before our wedding somebody's always leaving
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Susan Johnson left me three good children
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They say the man she left with went to prison
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God knows I done my best to try to raise 'em somebody's always leaving
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Six years ago Susie called from Ireland Mary Jane sent me a card from Wheeling
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The telegram said my son died for freedom somebody's always leaving
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They said that barroom brawl was all my doin'
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They knifed my pal that's when I started shootin'
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The only friend I've had lay there bleedin' somebody's always leavin'
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This cell ain't big but it's big enough for thinking
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This bed sheet makes her rope that's what I'm making
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When they'll find me quite right bored there'll be no weeping
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Somebody's always leaving somebody's always leaving
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Somebody's Always Leaving
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| Stonewall Jackson |
