| Rambling around this dirty old town,
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| Looking for nickels and dimes,
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| Times getting rough and I ain’t got enough,
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| To buy me a bottle of wine.
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| Bottle of wine,
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| Fruit of the vine,
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| When you gonna let me get sober,
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| Leave me alone, let me go home,
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| Let me go back and start over.
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| There’s a little hotel just over the hill,
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| Dark as the coal in the mine,
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| The blankets are thin, but I lay there and grin,
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| 'Cause I got a little bottle of wine.
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| I got pains in my head and bugs in my bed,
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| And my pants are so worn they shine,
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| Out on the street I ask the people I meet,
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| «Won't you buy me a bottle of wine?» |