The Ballad Of Sleepy John

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Any day now the sky could fall
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And I'm not one to complain
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But this don't feel like no paradise at all
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Down on the corner in the rain

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Old Kentucky, he's a friend of mine
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He got them Fayette County blues
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Ain't no woman ever keep the man in line
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And there ain't no woman he can refuse


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Well I stumbled in with my guitar
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And bought a drink behind the bar
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Sat in with the band until oh two
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Then I saaaaaaaaaaaaid:


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too much whiskey make me tumble home
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too much Jesus make me pray
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too much love and Lord I feel so all alone
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but that's all right mama, that's OK

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Cause Sweet Serrita, she's behind the bar
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She's got the towel in her hand
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Lord release her, she's only twenty-four
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And she's doing the best that she can


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Well I don't know, but I been told
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That freedom is an open road
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But I guess it all depends on how you drive
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While you're aliiiiiive


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Now people tell me I'm the Lucky One
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But that don't matter much to me
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Cause I ain't nothing but my father's son
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And that's all I'm ever gonna be