Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Playing dominos on the big coach, sometimes winning or losing
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Playing darts in the barroom, in between the boozing
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And later on the stage, playing music from a dream
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It's one for travel---ling man
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Two for what he's seen
[Verse 2]
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Later at the reception, pressmen and their wives
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Yes-men with their suggestions, well-wishers with their lies
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Me I'm getting drunker, by the minute let it roll
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It's three for the compa----ny man
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Four for his soul
[Verse 3]
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Later on in the hotel room, playing cards until the dawn
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Others just conversating, I suppose they were having fun
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And crashing to their bedrooms, legless one by one
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It's five for the cold morn--ing light
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Sixteen for the sun
[Verse 4]
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Back on the big coach in the morning, head full of pain
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Sleepy-eyed, still yawning, yes, we're back on the road again
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Sometimes makes me wonder, what we'll be like at the end
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It's seven for the travel---ling band
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Eight for doing it all again
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Nine for the travel---ling band
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Ten for doing it all again
[Outro] (## fade to end ##)
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