| Six months out on the road
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| Don’t know if I’m ever goin' home
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| Out there in the middle of America
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| Out of my head, feelin' hysterical
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| Wishin' that I was back in New York
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| Playin' in Reilly’s on a Saturday night
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| Man on the phone says «I ain’t jokin'»
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| Would yez ever come and play for us out in Hoboken?"
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| So we hop in the van and we drive overnight
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| Goin' to sweet New Jersey, startin' to feel alright
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| But the word is out that the boys are back in town
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| 30,000 Paddies start gettin' on down
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| When we hit the stage, police chief goes nuts
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| What the hell am I gonna do with 30,000 drunks
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| He say «stop the music, I’m in charge»
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| Then he goes and he shut down alla the bars
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| I don’t care if you got the blues
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| Just keep the hell off my green suede shoes
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| You can do anything you choose
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| But don’t go messin' up my green suede, green suede shoes
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| Then we’re comin' from Providence late one night
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| 3 hours from home, hey life is alright
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| We’re discussin' the demise of T Rex
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| Next thing we know the van is up on its ass
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| The windows are smashed, we’re bouncin' off the Turnpike
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| The troopers come and haul us off the black ice
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| One says «Hi, my name is Kevin
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| It’s a pleasure to meet you — Black 47»
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| So we’re doin' Letterman, Leno and O’Brien
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| 200 gigs a year and I’m outa my mind
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| We got our picture in Time Magazine
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| Hey, babe, I’m livin' the American Dream
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| Then a lawyer called up about Bridie and the baby
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| Wants to sue my ass for doin' the Funky Ceili
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| And I just got a message from a brother of Maria
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| «C'mon out to Bensonhurst, we all want a piece of ya»
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| But the more I play the deeper I’m in debt
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| If we ever get a hit, I’ll be out on the street
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| I never knew I had so many friends
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| I’m gonna run against Rudy when this whole thing ends
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| I got lawyers and accountants up the kazoo
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| Managers and agents tellin' me what to do
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| With the money I’m eventually gonna make
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| But can you loan me a token — get me to the next gig |