| Times are getting hard, boys
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| Money’s getting scarce
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| If things don’t get no better, boys
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| Gonna leave this place
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| Take my true love by the hand
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| Lead her thru the town
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| Saying good-bye to everyone
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| Good-bye to everyone
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| Take my bible from the bed
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| Shotgun from the wall
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| Take old Sal and hitch her up
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| The wagon for to haul
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| Pile the chairs and beds up high
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| Let nothing drag the ground
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| Sal can pull and we can push
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| We’re bound to leave this town
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| Made a crop a year ago
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| It withered to the ground
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| Tried to get some credit
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| But the banker turned me down
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| But I’m goin' to Californ-i-ay
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| Where everything is green
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| Goin' to have the best ole farm
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| That you have ever seen |