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[Verse 1]
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   Well I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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   With the cold water, with the cold water
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   Woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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   With the cold water, with the cold


[Verse 2]
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   Well the police at the station and they don't look friendly
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   Well they don't look friendly, well they don't look friendly
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   Police at the station and they don't look friendly
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   Well they don't look friendly, well they don't


[Bridge 1]
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   Blind or crippled,   sharp or dull
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   I'm reading the Bible by a forty watt bulb
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   What price freedom,   dirt is my rug
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   Well I sleep like a baby with the snakes and the bugs


[Verse 3]
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   Well the   stores are open, but I ain't got no money
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   Well I ain't got no money, well I ain't got no money
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   Stores are open but I ain't got no money
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   Well I ain't got no money, well I ain't


[Verse 4]
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   Found an old dog, and he seems to like me
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   Seems to like me, well he seems to like me
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   Found an old dog and he seems to like me
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   Well seems to like me, well he seems


[Bridge 2]
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   Seen them fellows with the card board signs
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   Scrapin' up a little money to buy a bottle of wine
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   Pregnant women and the   Vietnam vets I say
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   Beggin' on the freeway 'bout as hard as it gets


[Verse 5]
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   Well I   slept in the graveyard, it was cool and still
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   Cool and still, it was cool and still
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   Slept in the graveyard, it was cool and still
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   Cool and still and it was cool


[Bridge 3]
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   Slept all night in the Cedar grove
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   I was born to ramble, born to rove
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   Some men are searchin' for the   Holy Grail
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   But there ain't nothin' sweeter than ridin' the rails


[Instrumental]
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[Bridge 4]
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   I look forty-seven but I'm   twenty-four
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   Well they shooed me away from here the time before
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   Turned their backs and they locked their doors
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   I'm watching TV in the window of a furniture store


[Verse 6]
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   And I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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   With the cold water, with the cold water
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   I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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   With the cold water, with the cold


[Verse 7]
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   Oh well I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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   Cold water, with the cold water
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   Woke up this mornin' with the cold water
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   Cold water, with the cold


[Outro]
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