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Well I'm sitting in church
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In an old wooden chair
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I knew nobody
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Would look for me there
Fb7
Sorrow and pity
Rule the earth and the skies
Cb7
Looking for nothing
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Anyone's eyes
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Once I had pretty girls
Fb
Did me wrong
Cb
Now I'm marching to the city
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And the road ain't long
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Snowflakes are falling
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Around my head
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Lord have mercy
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It feel heavy like lead
Fb7
I been hit too hard
Seen too much
Cb7
Nothing can heal me now
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But your touch
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Once I had a pretty girl
Fb
She done me wrong
Cb
Now I'm marching to the city
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And the road ain't long
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Loneliness
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Got a mind of its own
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The more people around
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The more you feel alone
Fb7
I'm chained to the earth
Like a silent slave
Cb7
Trying to break free
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From the death stockade
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Once I had a pretty girl
Fb
Done me wrong
Cb
Now I'm marching to the city
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And the road ain't long
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Boys in the street
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Beginning to play
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Girls like birds
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Flying away
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I'm carrying the roses
That were given to me
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And I'm thinking about paradise
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Wondering what it might be
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Once I had a pretty girl
Fb
She done me wrong
Cb
Now I'm marching to the city
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And the road ain't long
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Go over to London
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Maybe gay Paree
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Follow the river
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You get to the sea
Fb7
I was hoping we could drink from
Life's clear streams
Cb7
I was hoping we could dream
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Life's pleasant dreams
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Once I had a pretty girl
Fb
But she done me wrong
Cb
Now I'm marching to the city
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And the road ain't long
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Well the weak get weaker
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And the strong stay strong
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The train keeps rolling
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All night long
Fb7
She looked at me
With an irresistible glance
Cb7
With a smile
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That could make all the planets dance
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Once I had a pretty girl
Fb
She did me wrong
Cb
Now I'm marching to the city
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And the road ain't long
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My house is on fire
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Burning to the skies
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I thought the rain clouds
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But the clouds passed by
Fb7
When I'm gone
You'll remember my name
Cb7
I'm gonna win my way
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To wealth and fame
F#
Once I had a pretty girl
Fb
But she did me wrong
Cb
Now I'm marching to the city
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And the road ain't long