| I see by the papers that
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| He came from the old religion but possessed no magic skill
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| Descending from machinery, he left nothing from his will
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| Thank you for not helping me out
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| For not treating me like a fool
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| If you didn’t lay me on a cold mattress at night
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| I might be kicking more than your mule
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| Crops are failing, women are wailing
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Can't find no room and board)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (What can lead to that kind of reward?)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (All my good friends in jail lost out)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Some who ain’t got no bail bust out)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| But they find the track and make you come back
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Down on your knees, not even a breeze, ain’t it a pity?)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| Well here now Baby Snooks
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| It don’t matter how many books you got underneath your thumb
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| Descended from machinery
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| You’ve got nothing left to come
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| Thank you for not helping me out
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| For not treating me like a fool
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| If you didn’t lay me on a cold mattress at night
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| I might be kicking more than your mule
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| Crops are failing, women are wailing
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Woe! Can’t be begging for no last meal)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Cause a man to rob and steal)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (All my good friends confounded, indeed)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Some lost and some drown and some turn to greed)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Some wake one day and they’ve made them king)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Make a man ready to do anything)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Things sure don’t look too pretty)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Are you ready?)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Are you ready?)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Are ready to admit defeat)
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| Six months in Kansas City
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| (Take your place down on Liberty Street)
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| Six months in Kansas City |