Coming on the night train
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With an arm full of box cars
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On the wings of a magpie, 'cross a hooligan night
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Busted up a chifforobe
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Way out by the cocomo
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Cooked up a mess a mulligan and got into a fight
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Whistlin' past the graveyard
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Steppin' on a crack
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I’m a mean motherhubbard
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Papa one eyed jack
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You probably seen me sleepin' out by the railroad tracks
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Ask the prince of darkness 'bout the smoke from the stack
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Sometimes I kill a jackal and suck out all the blood
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Steal myself a station-wagon, drive it into the mud
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Whistlin' past the graveyard
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Steppin' on a crack
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I’m a mean motherhubbard
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Papa one eyed jack
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I know you’ve seen my headlights and the honkin' of my horn
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I’m callin' out my bloodhounds chase the devil out the corn
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Last night I cracked the Mississippi now it’s dry as a bone
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I was born in a taxi cab I ain’t never goin' home
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Whistlin' past the graveyard
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Steppin' on a crack
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I’m a mean motherhubbard
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Papa one eyed jack
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My eyes have seen the glory
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Of the drainin' of the ditch
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I’m comin' to Baton Rouge
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To find myself a witch
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I’m gonna switch me up a couple of 'em every time it rains
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You gotta see a locomotive
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Probably thinkin' it’s a train
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Whistlin' past the graveyard
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Steppin' on a crack
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I’m a mean motherhubbard
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Papa one eyed jack
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What you think is sunshine
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Is just a twinkle in my eye
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I got a ring around my finger called the 4th of July
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When I get lonesome, a tear falls from my cheek
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There’s gonna be an ocean in the middle of the week
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Whistlin' past the graveyard
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Steppin' on a crack
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I’m a mean motherhubbard
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Papa one eyed jack
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I come in on the night train
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With an arm full of box cars
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On the wings of a magpie
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Cross a hooligan night
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I’m gonna tear off a rainbow
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And wear it for a tie
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I never told the truth
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So how in the hell can I tell a lie
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Whistlin' past the graveyard
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Steppin' on a crack
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I’m a mean motherhubbard
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Papa one eyed jack |