Key: C
Introduction:
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I broke down in East Saint Louis
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Kansas City line
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drunk up all my money
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that I borrowed every time
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and I fell down at the derby
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night's black as a crow
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It was a train got me here
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no train gonna take me home
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What made my dreams so hollow
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standing at that depot
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steeple full of blackbirds
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they could never ring the bell
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I've come ten thousand miles
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i've got nothing to show
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it was a train got me here
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no train gonna get me home
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Remember when I left
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I didn't even pack
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I just up and went with nothing
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but this dress here on my back
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I am sorry for the things I've done
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out here on my own
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it was a train got me here
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no train gonna get me home
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a train got me here
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there ain't no kinda train ever gonna get me home