Tonart: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well
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I met this man in a cafe
out on the Carolina coast.
He was sopping up some gravy
with a piece of burnt toast.
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His suitcase had stickers from 49 states
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and on his feet was a pair of roller skates.
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We skated to the jukebox,
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then he skated to the men's
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When he finished up his business,
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he came skating back again
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He caught my eye starin'
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at his suitcase and his shoes
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He said, friend,
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I guess you're wonderin' what I do
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We said, if you got time,
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I'll just tell you who I am
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My name's Dan D. Durbin,
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I'm from Coleman, Alabama
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My daddy was a pauper,
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he died drinkin' in a bar left me 38
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cents and a junkyard car.
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He said the day they laid that
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hard time man in his grave,
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I cussed Coleman, Alabama,
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hit that steaming highway.
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Stuck out my right thumb
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thinking sure I'd have some luck,
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but my looks scared away
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the cars and the trucks.
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He said I spent two days
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without a ride in Alabama,
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so I started out walking,
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made that mu sic city town.
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There dig ging in a dumpster,
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I ran across these wheels.
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They fit my feet just right
His story sounded logical
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but a little bit insane to myself
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I said, this man must be
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touched in the brain
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Then without taking time to think
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I made my big mistake
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I said, how come you ain't
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made that aloha state?
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He looked at me and said, friend,
I'm broke before I die
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I will give you an answer
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that's gonna satisfy your mind
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I handed him a dollar bill
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that lit his hungry eye s
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He ordered up more gravy,
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then replied
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I ain't Je sus, Jesus
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I can't roll back the water
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I ain't Jesus, Jesus
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I'm no merry couple farmer
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I ain't Jesus, Jesus
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I'm a little short on faith
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But if they build a bridge
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I'll skate that other state
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Well his simple explanation
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Changed my thinking about that man
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I stood up, said my pleasure
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Shook his gravy -sopping hand
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Now I'm back on the highway
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Half the way to L .A. I'm in lines,
I heard Dandy Derby say
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I ain't Jesus, I can't roll back the waters
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I ain't Jesus, I'm no Maricopa farmer
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I ain't Jesus, I'm a little short on faith
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But if they build a bridge,
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I'll skate that other state
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No, I ain't Jesus,
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I can't roll back the waters
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I ain't Jesus, I'm no Maricopa farmer
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I'm a little short on faith
But if they build a bridge
I'll stay there
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