| Fare thee well, old Joe Clark. |
| Good-bye, Mitzi Brown
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| Fare thee well, old Joe Clark. |
| I’m gonna leave this town
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| Old Joe Clark used to clean the bar. |
| Liquor was his pay. |
| Never saved a golden
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| eagle. |
| Drank it all away
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| Fare thee well, old Joe Clark. |
| Good-bye, Mitzi Brown
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| Fare thee well, old Joe Clark. |
| I’m gonna leave this town
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| I don’t want your old time religion or what you got to say (say) but pass me
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| down that barley jug and I’ll be on my way. |
| A singin'
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| Fare thee well, old Joe Clark. |
| Good-bye, Mitzi Brown
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| Fare thee well, old Joe Clark. |
| I’m gonna leave this town
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| Old Joe Clark walked downtown backwards. |
| People asked him, «Why?»
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| I come back for one more drink while wavin' you good-bye!"
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| Fare thee well, old Joe Clark. |
| Good-bye, Mitzi Brown
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| Fare thee well, old Joe Clark. |
| I’m gonna leave this town
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| Fare thee well, old Joe Clark. |
| I’m gonna leave this town |