Duncan Cifras

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Couple in the next room    Bound to win a prize  they've been
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goin' at it  all night long  Well I'm  tryin to get some sleep but these
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motel walls are cheap  Lincoln Duncan is my name and here's my
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song    here's my  song
 
 
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My father was a fisherman  my mama was a fisherman's friend  And
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I was born in the boredom and the chowder.              
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So when I reached my prime  I left my home in the maritimes
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headed down the turnpike for New England, Sweet New England.
 
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Holes in my confidence  holes in the knees of my jeans  I's
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left without a penny in my pocket    Oo  hoo hoo  wee  I's a - bout
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destituted as a kid could be And I wish I wore a ring so I could
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hock it   I'd like to hock it
 
 
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A young girl in a parking lot was preachin to a crowd  singin.
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sacred songs and reading from the bible   Well I
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told her I was lost   and she told me all about the Pentecost  And I
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seen that girl as the road to my surviv - - - - - - al
 
 
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Just latter on the very same night when I
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crept to her tent with a flashlight and my long years of innocence
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ended    Well she took me to the woods sayin'
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"Here comes somethin' and it feels so good!" And just like a dog I was
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befriended   I was befriended
 
 
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Oh  oh  what a night Oh what a garden of delight
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Even now that sweet memory lingers.  I was
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playin' my guitar   lying underneath the stars  Just
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thankin' the lord for my fingers    for my fingers
 
 
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