| I ask my baby for a nickel
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| She gave me a twenty dollar bill
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| I ask her for a drink of whiskey
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| And she gave me a liquor still
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| Whoa, yeah yeah yeah
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| What can a poor boy do
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| Ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard
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| When you have to live the blues
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| I call my baby on the telephone
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| She said come on over Stevie I’m all alone
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| I said I can’t get my car started mama
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| Whoa, yeah
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| What can a poor boy do
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| When he has to live the blues
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| And while my baby’s makin' it with my best friend
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| I know I’m being used, yeah yeah yeah
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| Lord have mercy
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| Lord have mercy on me
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| Lord have mercy
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| Lord have mercy on me, yeah
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| I’m tryin' to find my babe
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| Won’t somebody please, yeah yeah
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| Won’t somebody please bring her home to me |