| Walkin' down the levee
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| With my head hangin' low
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| Lookin' for my mama
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| And she ain’t here no more
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| Baby you don’t know,
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| You don’t know my mind
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| When you see me laughin',
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| I’m laughin' just to keep from cryin'
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| She won’t cook my Dinner
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| Won’t wash my clothes
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| Won’t do nothing but
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| Wolk the road
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| Baby you don’t know,
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| You don’t know my mind
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| When you see me laughin',
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| I’m laughin' just to keep from cryin'
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| My breakfast’s on the table
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| and my coffee gettin' cold
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| My mama’s in the kitchen
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| Gettin' a-sweet papa told
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| Baby you don’t know,
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| You don’t know my mind
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| When you see me laughin',
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| I’m laughin' just to keep from cryin'
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| Sometimes I think my baby’s
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| Too good to die
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| Sometimes I think
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| She should be buried alive
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| Baby you don’t know,
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| You don’t know my mind
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| When you see me laughin',
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| I’m laughin' just to keep from cryin'
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| I wish I had a nickle,
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| I wish I had a dime
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| I wish havn’t give myself
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| to bad womans time
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| Baby you don’t know,
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| You don’t know my mind
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| When you see me laughin',
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| I’m laughin' just to keep from cryin'
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| Look at you Mama,
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| See what you gonna done
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| You got my money now
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| You broke and run
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| Baby you don’t know,
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| You don’t know my mind
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| When you see me laughin',
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| Laughin' just to keep from cryin'
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| You maybe get mad
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| And you maybe get sad
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| Going gets?
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| Than you have ever had
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| Baby you don’t know,
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| You don’t know my mind
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| When you see me laughin',
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| I’m laughin' just to keep from cryin'
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| When you see me laughin',
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| I’m laughin' just to keep from cryin' |