| Ooh, I can’t go down
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| This dark road by myself
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| This dark road by myself
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| Gonna be early in the morning, oooh
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| It’s gonna be early in the morning, oooh
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| Gon' carry somebody else
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| Ooh, my mother died and left me
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| Ooh, when I was quite young
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| When I was quite young
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| Said «Lord have mercy, ooh»
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| Said «Lord have mercy, ooh
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| On my wicked son»
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| Ooh stop the train, conductor
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| Conductor, oh let me ride
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| Let the poor boy ride
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| «You have to buy your ticket, ooh
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| You have to buy your ticket, ooh
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| Son the train ain’t none of mine»
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| Ooh, I started walking down this lonesome road
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| Now don’t you hear me crying?
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| And I started walking
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| Down this long, lonesome road
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| Gonna be early in the morning, ooh
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| Boys, you’ll see me go |