The Blues Man

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He?s just a singer, a natural born
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 guitar ringer
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Kind of a clinger to sad old songs
He?s not a walk behinder, he?s a new
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 note finder
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But his names a reminder of a 
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blues man that?s already gone
So he started drinkin?, took some 
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things that messed up his thinkin?
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He was sure sinkin? when she came 
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along
He was alone in the spot light, not 
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too much left in sight
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She changed all that one night when
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 she sang him this song?

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Hey baby I love you, Hey baby I need
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 you
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Hey baby you ain?t got to prove to 
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me you?re some kind of macho man
You?ve wasted so much of your life, 
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runnin? through the dark nights
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Let me shine a little love light, 
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down on that blues man.

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He got so sick from speedin?, all 
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the things they said he was needin?
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If he was to keep on pleasin? all 
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of his fans
He got cuffed on dirt roads, he got 
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sued over no shows
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She came an took all that old load 
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down off that old blues man
And he sang?

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Hey baby I love you too, Hey baby 
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I need you
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Hey baby I do get tired of this 
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travelin? band
I?m over forty years old now, nights
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 would be cold now
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If you hadn?t stuck it out with 
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this blues man
He?s over forty years old now, 
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nights would be so cold now
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If she hadn?t hung around with that
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 blues man.