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Introducción:
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Old Man Johnson got his head in his hand
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Makin' his way across state in a fiddlin' band
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With his hair all down in his eyes
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And the microphone all covered with flies.
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When he gets done playin' goes back to his room
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Climbs into bed in his cowboy boots
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And he picks up a magazine turns on the TV
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Lights a cigar as he's fallin' asleep.
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Well he's only a person...who doesn't know shit.
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Yeah nothing happenin'...that's about it.
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Yeah......
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Well, little Rosanna came from Texarkana
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Had fourteen dollars wrapped in a bandana.
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Came into town not lookin' for much
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Well she found a hound dog and she named him "Dutch."
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She got a job at the arcade takin' quarters
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But she was never too good at takin' orders
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So one night she stopped givin' out change
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She kicked the boss in the chin and unplugged the games.
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She's only a person...who doesn't know shit.
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Nothin' happenin'...That's about it.
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Ooh, ooh. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Sam got canned at the cannery
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He punched out the clock that night.
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His knuckle was bleeding as he walked home,
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He was cold and he had a headache.
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Well his wife was cookin' canned beans,
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He took out all the money out of his jeans
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And he set it on fire in the kitchen sink
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As his wife handed him a drink.
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He was only a person...who didn't know shit.
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Nothin' happenin'...that's about it.
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Uh, yeah, oh. Wooh, ooh, ooh, ooh...
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Smiley was lookin' for handouts
Sleepin' in a abandoned lighthouse.
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Down at the mini-mall shakin' his hat
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Washin' windows with his bare hand.
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He found a sports car with the keys
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In the ignition it just seemed so easy.
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He took a joyride drove into a hedge
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Came out with the steering wheel wrapped around his head.
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Well he's only a person...who doesn't know shit.
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Nothin' happenin'...that's about it.
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Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah.
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Well Jane was born in a small town
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Everybody just standing around.
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They had bingo games and a raffle,
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Everybody chewin' tobacco.
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Well she grew up kinda restless
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All her boyfriends wanted to be dentists(dead-ass?).
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And she got a job at the truck stop
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And she got all fast and never did what she wanted
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And she's only a person...who doesn't know shit.
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Nothing happenin'...that's about it.
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Yeah, yeah, yo...
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Oh yeah...oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh.
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Woo, ooh, ooh....