The Days Of Pearly Spencer Cifras

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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A tenement, a dirty street
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Walked and worn by shoeless feet
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In silence long and so complete
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Watched by a shivering sun
 
[Verse 2]
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Old eyes in a small child's face
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Watching as the shadows race
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Through walls and cracks that leave no trace
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And daylight's brightness shun
 
[Chorus]
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         The days of Pearly Spencer
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Aah,     the race is almost run
 
[Verse 3]
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Nose pressed hard on frosted glass
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Gazing as the swollen mass
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On concrete fields where grows no grass
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Stumbles blindly on
 
[Verse 4]
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Iron trees smother the air
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But withering they stand and stare
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Through eyes that neither know nor care
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Where the grass has gone
 
[Chorus]
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         The days of Pearly Spencer
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Aah,     the race is almost run
 
[Verse 5]
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Pearly, where's your milk white skin
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What's that stubble on your chin
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It's buried in the rotgut gin
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You've played and lost, not won
 
[Verse 6]
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You played a house that can't be beat
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Now look, your head's bowed in defeat
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You walked too far along the street
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Where only rats can run
 
[Chorus]
Dm    Em                  Am
         The days of Pearly Spencer
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Aah,     the race is almost run
Dm    Em                  Am
         The days of Pearly Spencer
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Aah,     the race is almost run
 
(fade out)
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