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Introducción:
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They said he ran a carnival
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Used to come to town
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Till one September afternoon
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He shut it down.
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They tell me something happened
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Some said he lost his mind
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Now most September afternoons
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this is what you&rsquo ll find.
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An old man on the corner where he used to sell his show
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And he shouts what sounds like foolishness as the people come and go
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New lives for old
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Warm hearts for cold
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Have I got a deal for you today
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Come on accept Christ today
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And get you new life for old.
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He puts it in the papers
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He goes from door to door
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People said he was such a fool
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to come back for more
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Old friends are mostly puzzled
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They don't know what to say
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Cos ever since that afternoon he's just been that way
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It's like the old man died and someone came to take his place,
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New lives for old
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Warm hearts for cold
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Have I got a deal for you today
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Come on accept Christ today
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And get you new life for old.
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Remembering this story as I once passed through that town
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I thought I ought to stop and see if he is still around
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There was someone on that corner where I knew he'd always stand
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He chuckled when I asked where I can find that man
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He said thank God that crazy fool finally died last spring.
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Then I said I'll take up where he left off then
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Cos Im pushing the same thing.
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New lives for old
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Warm hearts for cold
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Have I got a deal for you today
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Come on accept Christ today
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And get you new life for old.