| I was minding my business the other day
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| Just junking on down the street
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| When I seen this perfect stranger
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| And he come sliding up next to me
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| He said friend, my old lady just threw me out
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| And why I just don’t know
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| But it ain’t no joke cause
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| I’m hungry and broke I got no place to go
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| I gave him my last twenty dollar bill
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| And told him to go on home
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| And leave me alone
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| I don’t want nobody whining at me
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| I don’t need nobody moaning to me
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| I don’t want nobody crying on me
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| I’ve got troubles of my own
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| Well I went on down to this joint in town
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| And found something I didn’t expect
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| I was having a ball when the door flew open
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| And who walked in but my ex
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| She said your alimony payments
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| Are way behind it’s six months over due
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| And if you don’t straighten this out
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| Right now I’m going call the law to you
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| I said baby you’d better remember
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| Every dog’s going to have his day
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| And I just want to say
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| The cops came through the front door
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| And I went out the back
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| And I caught me a ride
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| On a west bound freight train
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| Rolling down the rail-road track
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| I went on out to east St Louis
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| And looked up this old friend of mine
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| I said I need a place to lay my head
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| And brother I ain’t got a dime
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| He said you’d better get on out of here boy
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| And he pulled out a gun
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| And I started to run |