SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES  (Bob Dylan) 

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Johnny's in the basement mixin' up the medicine

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I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government

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The man in a trench coat, badge out, laid off

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says he's got a bad cough, wants to get it paid off

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Look out kid, it's somethin' you did

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God knows when, but you're doin' it again

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You better duck down the alleyway

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Lookin' for a new friend

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The man in the coonskin cap in the pig pen

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Wants eleven dollar bills; you only got ten


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Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot
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Talkin' that the heat put plants in the bed but
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The phone's tapped anyway, Maggie says that many say
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They must bust in early May, orders from the D.A.
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Look out kid, don't matter what you did
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But walk on tiptoes, don't tie no bows
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Better stay away from those that carry around a firehose
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  Keep a clean nose, watch the plainclothes
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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows



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Oh get sick, get well, hang around the inkwell,
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Ring bell, hard to tell if anything is gonna sell,
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Try hard, get barred, get back, write braile,
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Get jailed, jump bail, join the Army if ya fail
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Look out Kid, You're going to get hit
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By losers, cheaters, six time users
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Hangin' 'round the theatres
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Girl by the whirlpool's lookin' for a new fool
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Don't follow leaders, watch the parkin' meters



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Oh get born, keep warm, short pants, romance,
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Learn to dance, get dressed, get blessed, try to be success,
  
Please her, please him, buy gifts, don't steal, don't lift, 
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Twenty years of schoolin' an' they put ya on the day shift
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Look out kid, they keep it all hid
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Better jump down the manhole, light yourself a candle
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Don't wear sandals, try to avoid the scandals
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  Don't wanna be a bum, you better chew gum
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The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles.