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So far away, So far away, So far away! [x2]
I've had it all,
And lost it all in one blackout summer night.
I want it back,
But I just can't seem to get it right.
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I've sung the blues,
For every broken hearted lovesick dream for you.
I've paid my dues,
Working hard-sweat, blood and tears for you.
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Sick boy, he carries a switchblade knife,
Sick boy, likes to get into fights.
Sick boy, he'll go drinkin'
With the boys all night long.
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Sick boys-ohwayoh
Sick boys-nananana
Sick boys
Sick boy, rides a big motorbike,
Sick boy, combs his hair up just right.
Sick boy, with tattoos up and
Down his arms, don't ya know...
Sick boy, he's got a girl wrapped around his arm,
Sick boy, with his street-like charm.
Sick boy, he'll make love to her
All night long, don't ya know...
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Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
I'm lonely and I'm tired
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away
Never to return again
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
Well I've searched and I've searched
To find the perfect life-
A brand new car and a brand new suit
I even got me a little wife-
But wherever I have gone
I was sure to find myself there-
You can run all your life
But not go anywhere
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Well I'll pass the bar on the way
To my dingy hotel room-
I spent all my money
Been drinkin' since half past noon-
I'll wake there in the mornin'
Or maybe in the county jail-
Times are hard getting harder
I'm born to lose and destined to fail-
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You know these things that happen,
That's just the way it's supposed to be.
And I can't help but wonder,
Don't ya know it coulda been me.
I had a good girl,
Her kisses sweeter than wine.
And I had always hoped
That someday I'd make her mine.
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But she ran off and married,
That's just the way it's supposed to be.
And I can't help but wonder,
Don't ya know it coulda been me.
Well the junkie cops of First Street,
Sticks a needle in his arm.
No, he never meant to do
Anyone no harm.
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But he's buried six feet deep,
That's just the way it's supposed to be.
And I can't help but wonder,
Don't ya know it coulda been me.
I had me a good girl,
Her kisses sweeter than wine.
And I had always hoped
That someday I'd make her mine
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She's a knockout, She's a knockout
She's exotic but not foreign, built like an old Cadillac
She's a knockout
Once she's left your life she ain't never comin' back
She's a knockout
With her black silk stockings and her high-heeled shoes
She's a knockout
Once she's left your life you'll surely sing the blues
She's a knockout
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Some friends were tellin' me, just the other day
They walk right up to her, they don't know what to say
And when she calls me (hear a ring on the telephone)
I'll be there waiting for her, sitting at home all alone
All alone
In the nightclubs baby when the lights shine down
She's a knockout
When she walks down the aisle ya know her hips begin to sway
She's a knockout
Come on little baby I'll show yo the way
She's a knockout...
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We used to walk and we used to talk
We used laugh and we used to cry
And there will always be a place in my heart for her.
I thought of her today,
Of years together spent.
A pleasant memory
Of places that we went.
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Drug train, drug train
The train's first stop is pleasure,
The scond stop is fun
But in a jail cell baby or a hospital bed
You'll need hope 'cuz you ain't got none
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The train passes through the graveyard
May the loved ones rest in peace
For the last stop baby is a violent crash
And hard times they never cease
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