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| Intro |
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| Busted flat in B | aton Rouge, | waitin' for a tr | ain |
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| When I's | feelin' near as f | aded as m | y jeans |
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| Bobby thumbed a d | iesel down | just before it r | ained |
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| And r | ode us all the w | ay into New Or | lean | s |
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| I | pulled my harp | oon out of my | dirty red band | ana |
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| I's | playin' soft while B | obby sang the bl | ues |
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| Windshield wipers sl | appin' time, I was | holdin' Bobby's | hand in mine |
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| We sang every s | ong that driver k | new |
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| Freedom's just an | other word for | nothin' left to l | ose |
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| Nothin', it ain't n | othin' honey, if it ain't fr | ee |
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| And | feelin' good was | easy, lord, oh, | when he sang the | blues |
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| You know | feelin' good was | good enough for m | e |
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| Good enough for m | e and my Bobby Mc | Gee |
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| From the | Kentucky c | oal mines to the | California | sun |
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| Yeah | Bobby shared the s | ecrets of m | y soul |
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| Through | all kinds of w | eather, through | everything we d | one |
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| Yeah | Bobby baby | kept me from the | cold |
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| One | day up near Sal | inas, lo-ord, | I let him slip aw | ay |
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| He's | lookin' for that h | ome and I hope he f | inds it |
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| Well I'd | trade all my tom | orrows for one | single yester | day |
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| To be | holdin' Bobby's b | ody next to m | ine |
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| Freedom's just an | other word for | nothin' left to l | ose |
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| Nothin', and that's a | ll that Bobby l | eft me |
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| Well, | feelin' good was | easy, lo-o- | ord, when he sang the | blues |
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| And | feelin' good was | good enough for m | e |
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| Good enough for m | e and my Bobby Mc | Gee yeah |
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| La da | da, la da | daa, la da | daa da daa da d | aa |
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| La da da da d | aa dadada Bobby | McGee-a | h |
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| Laa li daa da d | aa daa, | la da daa da d | aa |
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| Laa la laa la d | aada Bobby Mc | Gee-ah y | eah |
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| La di | da, ladida L | A dida LA di daa, | ladida LA dida L | A di daa |
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| Hey now B | obby now now Bobby Mc | Gee yeah |
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| Lo lo L | O lolo LO lo la | a, lololo L | O lolo LO lolo L | O lolo LO la laa |
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| Hey now B | obby now now Bobby McG | ee ye | ah |
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| Lord, I | called him my lover, I | called him my man |
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| I said I | called him my lover, did the | best I can |
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| C'mon, | hey now Bobby now, | hey now Bobby McG | ee, yeah |
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| Lo lo l | ord, a lord, a l | ord, a lord, a l | ord, a lord, a l | ord oh |
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| Hey, hey, h | ey, Bobby McG | ee, lord |
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