| I went out to the insane asylum
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| And I found my baby out there
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| I said, «please, come back to me, darling
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| What in the world are you doing here?»
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| Then my old man raised up his head
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| Tears were streaming down from his eyes
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| And these are the things that my old man said:
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| «When your love has ceased to be
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| There’s no other place for me
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| If you don’t hold me in your arms
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| I’d rather be here from now on
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| Some people have it half way there
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| Without your love I ain’t nowhere.»
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| «I can’t eat and I can’t sleep
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| I can’t even live in peace
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| Please take me, baby, for your slave
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| And save me from that earthly grave
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| Some people have it half way there
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| Without your love I ain’t nowhere.»
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| Then sorrow struck my heart
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| Tears began to stream down from my eyes
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| The only man that I ever loved in all my life
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| Out here, in a place and a condition like this
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| And I began thinkin' about what my mama told me when I was a little girl
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| She told me when I couldn’t help myself
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| To get down on my knees and pray
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| And I fell down on my knees
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| And these are the words that I said:
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| «Save me, save me, save me, babe
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| Save me, save me, save me, dear
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| Oh, I don’t know just how I made it
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| But I’m so glad our love is here.» |