-I don't know what the names of the chords are, so....
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Intro: * * X2
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Said I want to live the city life
This small town could eat me alive
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I gotta pack my things and go where the railroad takes me
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Mama's too poor to send me away
But I've been saving up on most everyday
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Little bit out of each check from the Gas & Deli
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And the whistle keeps on blowing
And the train keeps on rolling
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And he said
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I ain't never been to New York City
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I ain't seen the San Francisco Bay
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I ain't never tried my hand in Vegas
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But you bet your bottom dollar
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That's where I'm going the day after today
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So he locked the door and he killed the lights
Took a six pack to get him through the night
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Didn't have a plan just a good sense of direction
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And Maybelline, his beauty queen
She cried all night cause the sheet were clean
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But he left her a lovers' note there apologizing
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He said I hear the whistle blowing
Gotta catch it the train is rolling
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The air is thick on the concrete isle
Ain't nothing green for like twenty miles
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And he ain't use to the sun and moon a hiding
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So he took his foot from out his mouth
And he packed his things and went back down south
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But Maybelline said "Babe my time's arising."
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Said I hear the whistle blowing
Gotta catch it the train is rolling
And she said
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I ain't never been to New York City
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I ain't seen the San Francisco Bay
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I ain't never tried my hand in Vegas
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I never seen the L.A lights shine bright
Bright, brighter than your smile was ever
Brighter than my desire was ever
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Longer burning than our love was ever...ohhhhh
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