Key: C
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I was born on the banks off a hot muddy river
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The child of one stupid steamy night
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Born to roam beneath the sun
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What do you think of me, I’m better left alone
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Said I met a holy man who said that he knew the way
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And he’d like to show me so my life won't go astray
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Take my hand child now little boy don’t you be afraid
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I’ll take your soul and walk on water
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Holyman, ya don’t understand
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The cuts on me they run much deeper
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Holyman, you righteous man
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I’ve been shown the way a thousand times
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Not one a keeper
Older man he said I’ll tell you boy
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I gotta look away
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I wish you would understand
Everybody prays
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Let me find my own way Holy man
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ya don't understand the cuts on me
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they run much deeper Holy man you righteous man
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I've been shown the way a thousand times
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not one a keeper Not one a keeper
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Not one a keeper Not one a keeper
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Not one a keeper