| I met him in a dive down in New Orleans
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| I recognized his handsome face
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| It was none of my business, but I had to know
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| What he was doing in this kind of place
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| 'Cause he used to have money, he used to have honeys
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| He used to be society’s prince
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| But he still wore a grin when I sat beside him
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| And asked where all that money went
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| Some was spent on gambling, a lot was spent on women
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| A little on some good Cabernet
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| Three or four divorces, at least that many horses
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| Who never left the starting gate
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| Diamond rings and furs, swampland in new jersey
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| That week I spent a year in L. A
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| I hate to admit it, I threw the rest away
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| He said money don’t mean nothing in this game of life
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| It’s just a way of keeping score
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| Show me a man whose got everything
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| I’ll show you one who wants even more
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| Well so smoke em' when you got em'
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| When you hit bottom, you gotta have a reason to smile
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| You can have a little piece of the rock
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| I’ll take a little piece of mind
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| Some was spent on gambling, a lot was spent on women
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| A little on some good Cabernet
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| Three or four divorces, at least that many horses
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| Who never left the starting gate
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| Diamond rings and furs, swampland in new jersey
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| That week I spent a year in L. A
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| He said to me
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| Diamond rings and furs, swampland in new jersey
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| That week I spent a year in la
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| I hate to admit it, I threw the rest away |