Tonart: A major
Verse 1
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My name is Jewel Roberts.
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I work for the state.
I'm a sergeant out of Perronville,
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barracks number eight.
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I've always done an honest job
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As honest as I could
I got a brother named Frankie
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Frankie ain't no good
Ever since we were young kids,
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it's been the same come down
I get a call on the shortwave,
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Frankie's in trouble downtown
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If it were any other man,
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well, I'd put him straight away
But when it's your brother,
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sometimes you look the other way
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Me and Frankie laughing and drinking
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Takin' turns dancin' with Maria
While the band plays the night
of the Johnstown flood
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Catch him when he's fallin'
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Man turns his back on his family
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He just ain't no good
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Now Frankie went in the army
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Back in 1965 I got a farm deferment
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Settled down, took Maria for my bride
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But them wheat prices kept on droppin'
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Till it was like we were getting robbed
Frank came home in 68
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and me I took this job
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Me and Franky laughing and drinking
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Takin' turns dancin' with Maria
While the band played
the night of the Johnstown flood
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Catch him when he's strayin',
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teach him how to walk that line
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Man turns his back on his family,
he ain't
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Ain't no friend of mine
Well the night was like any other
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I got a call about a quarter to nine
Trouble in a roadhouse
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Out on the Michigan line
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There was a kid lyin'
on the floor lookin' bad
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Bleedin' hard from his head
There's a girl cryin' at a table
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Frank done this, she said
I ran right out to my car an
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d I hit the lights
Must have done a hundred and ten
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through Michigan County that night
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I was out at the crossroads,
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down round Willow Bank
Seen a Buick with Ohio plates,
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behind the wheel was Frank
I chased him through them county roads,
five miles from here
Pulled over the side of the highway
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Watched his taillights disappear
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Me and Frankie laughing and drinking
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Taking turns dancing with Maria
While the band played the night of
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the Johnstown flood
Catch him when he's falling
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Like any brother would
Man turns his back on his family
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But he just ain't no good you
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