Intro
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[Verse]
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Stake my future on a hell of a past
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Looks like tomorrow is a coming on fast
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Ain't complaining about what I got
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Seen better times but who has not
[Chorus]
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Silvio I gotta go
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Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
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Silvio I gotta go
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Find out something only dead men know
[Verse 2]
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Honest as the next jade rolling that stone
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When I come a knockin' don't throw me no bone
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I'm an old boll weevil looking for a home
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If you don't like it you can leave me alone
[Verse 3]
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I can snap my fingers and require the rain
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From a clear blue sky and turn it off again
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I can stroke your body and relieve your pain
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And charm the whistle off an evening train
[Chorus]
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Silvio I gotta go
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Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
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Silvio I gotta go
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Find out something only dead men know
[Verse 4]
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Give what I got until I got no more
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I take what I get until I even the score
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You know I love you and further more
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When it is time to go you got an open door
[Verse 5]
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I can tell your fancy I can tell your plain
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You give something up for ev'rything you gain
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Since ev'ry pleasure's got an edge of pain
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Pay for your ticket and don't complain
[Verse 6]
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One of these days and it won't be long
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Going down the valley and sing my song
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I will sing it loud and sing it strong
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Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong
[Chorus]
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Silvio I gotta go
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Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
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Silvio I gotta go
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Find out something only dead men know