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It was an early mor	n-in bar-room?  and the pl	ace just opened up

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And a little man, come in so fast? and he started at his cups

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And the broad who	served the whiskey, She was a big old fr	iendly girl

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And she tried to fight her empty nights by? smilin? at the world

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And she said ?Hey	Bub, it?s been awhile, s	ince you?ve been around

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Where the hell you bee	n hidin??  and why you lo	ok so down??

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But the little	man, just sat there like he?d	never heard a sound

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The waitr	ess she give out a cough, and act-t	in? not the least p	ut off she spoke

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once again?	she said ?I don?t want to bothe	r you?  consider it?s under	stood;

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I	know I?m not no beauty q	ueen, but I s-u-r-e can liste	n good

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And the little man	took his drink in his hand and h	e raised it to his lips

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He took a	couple of sips, and then he t-o-l-	d the waitress this stor	y

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I a	m the midnight watchman down at Mill	er?s Tool and Die

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And I watch, the m	etal rustin? and I watch,	the time go by

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A week ago at the diner, I stopped to get a bite

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And this	here lovely lady, she sat	two seats from my righ	t

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And Lord,	Lord,  L	ord?					she was all	right

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Ah she w	as so damn beautiful, that she?d warm a	winter?s frost

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But she was lo	ng past lonely, and well n	igh on to lost

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Now I?m not much of a mover or a pick-em-up easy guy

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But I deci	ded to glide on over, and g	ive her one   good try

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And Lord,	Lord,  L	ord?					she was worth the t	ry

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T	ongue-tied like a schoolboy, I stammered	out some words

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But it did n	ot really matter much, ?	cause I don?t think she heard

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She just looked clear on through me, to a space back in my head

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And it shamed	me into silence, as       qui	etly     she      said

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?If you want	me to come with you, then that?s	all right with me

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?Cause I know I?	m goin? nowhere, and anywhere	?s a    better    p	lace   to    be?

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	Anywhere?s a better	place       to	be

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I dr	ove her up to my boardin? house, an	d I took her up to my room

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And I went to turn on the only light? to brighten up the gloom

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But she said, ?Please l	eave the light off?    oh?  I don?t mind the dark,?

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And as her clothes all tumble	d ?round her?    I could hear my heart

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				The moonlight	shone up upon her, as she lay back in	my bed

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It was the kind of	scene I only had imagined	in my head

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I just could not believe it, to think that she was real

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And as I	tried to tell her, she	said, ?Sshh, I know     just   how	you   feel

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And if you want to co	me here with me, then that?s all ri	ght with me

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?cause I?ve b	een oh, so lonely; lovin? som	eone is, a better	way     to     be

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	Anywhere?s     a     better	place	to    be?

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The mornin?	come so swiftly, but I held h	er in my arms

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But she	slept like a baby?     sn	ug and safe from	harm

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I did not want to share her, with the world or break the mood

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So before she	woke I went out? and brou	ght us both some food

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I ca	me back with my paper bag?  to find that she was gone

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She left a	six word letter?  sayin? ?It?s time that I moved on?

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The waitress	took her bar-rag?  and she w	iped it across her eyes

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And as she spoke her voice came out? as something like a sigh

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She said that ?I wish that I wa	s beautiful, or that you	were half-way blind

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And I wish? I weren?t so don-gon fat, I wish that you were mine

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And I wish? that you?d come with me when I leave for home

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For we both kno	w all ?bout loneliness?  and livin? all	alone?

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And the little	man? looked at the empty glass in his hand

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and he smiled a crooked g	rin?  he said; ?I guess I	?m out of gin,

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And I know?  we both have been?  s-o  l-o-n-e-l-y 

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And if you wa	nt me?	to come with you, then that?s all	right with me

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?cause I know I?m g	oin? nowhere?

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and anywher	e?s?  a better?  place?  t-o  b	-e?

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