| I been speaking later and later in the day
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| Most days I don’t talk till maybe 8 o’clock at night
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| It keeps me whole
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| It keeps me holy
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| It keeps me way up in the mountains even when I’m on the road
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| It keeps me coming up for air
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| Keeps me airing out some come
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| It keeps me cool
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| And every place I go is one less place I could call home
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| And every girl I kiss, well I just cross her off my list
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| I don’t go far
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| I just go crazy
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| I buried all of my old clothes out in some field in West Des Moines
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| And if you judge me tonight
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| Judge me by the songs I write
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| That’s who I am to you
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| And there’s a black tornado, a black tornado
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| Spinning around in my body sometimes
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| Black tornado, a black tornado
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| Spinning around in my body sometimes
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| Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh
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| Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh
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| And I could do tonight with something soft and warm and furry
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| But that ain’t likely to occur in south central Missouri
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| It’s a day off
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| It’s an off-day
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| It’s a Budweiser, Budgetel, Bukowski kind of night
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| All I got’s what’s on my back
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| Guitar and a backpack
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| My soul is intact
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| And there’s a black tornado, a black tornado
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| Spinning around in my body sometimes
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| Black tornado, a black tornado
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| Spinning around in my body sometimes
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| Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh
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| Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh
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| And everything is changing faster than I can describe
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| All I really know to do is grab the wheel and drive
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| I look for love
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| And some adventure
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| And I try not to let my own breathing scare me off the road
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| There is a tombstone
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| Of my father
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| I visit sometimes
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| There is a tombstone
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| Of my father
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| I visit sometimes
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| And there’s a black tornado, a black tornado
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| Spinning around in my body sometimes
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| Black tornado, a black tornado
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| Spinning around in my body sometimes
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| A red tornado, a red tornado
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| Spinning around in my body sometimes
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| Black tornado, a black tornado
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| Spinning around in my body sometimes
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| Ooh, uh huh, uh huh
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| Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh |