| Now this dark cloud is rising, and it’s thundering all around
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| Look like something bad is going to happen, you better lower your airplane down
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| Now that mean old twister’s coming, poor people running every which a‑way
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| Everybody’s got to wonder, what’s the matter with this cruel world today
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| Now my mama told me, when I was only five months old
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| If you obey your preacher, the good Lord is going to bless your soul
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| Now the daylight is failing, and the moon begin to rise
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| I’m just down here weeping and moaning, right by my mama’s side
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| Now I’m going home, I done did all in this world that I could
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| Says I got everybody happy, around here in my neighborhood |