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Verse 1
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My mama said I was born to be happy
So I grabbed my shoes and
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a brown bag sat
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Ran on down to Main Street town
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And I don't know if I'm ever
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going back
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America sits with freedom ringing
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The car horns stop, the children singing
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I ask a question, slow and true
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does it mean to you?
The preacher glazed me,
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the poet praised me,
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The CEO just called me lazy
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The judge and jury would not be bothered
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And the pretty girls all ran
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and hollered
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Bigger man told me to go,
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then Gypsy Nellie stole the show
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She said, go on down to
the water's edge
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Jump on in with your shoes
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of lead
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Mama, oh Mama,
it was out by the water's edge
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Verse 2
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Ran on down where the river flows
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and contemplated where to go
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Verse 3
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I didn't have no shoes of lead
but I jumped on in just to
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clear my head
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Verse 4
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I was swimming, I was naked
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I was hungry, I was hated
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Or I could stay right here and
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drown
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Mama, oh Mama
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It was out by the water's edge
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Thank you Nelly, thank you Gypsy
You sent me to die,
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but I'm feeling tipsy
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All my spirit has woke up
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With just one taste from the
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holy cup
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Not religion, not the bottle
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But a holy woman's got my throttle
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Open me wide and open me free
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queen
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Mama, oh Mama
She was out by the water
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's edge
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Let me tell you loud and clear
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What I saw when she appeared
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A band of scraggled tramps
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and vagrants
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Singing songs about living
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in a basement
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Holy water like the mother's shine
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Feed my branches, feed my vine
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Take my body, take my soul
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Rock me sweet and let me roll
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Oh, oh, Mama,
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it was out by the water's
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edge.
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Mama, oh, Mama,
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it was out by the water's edge.
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My mama said I was born to be happy,
so I grabbed my shoes and
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a brown bag sack.
Outro 1
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