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We were ring-around-the-rosy children, they were circles around the sun. Never give up, never slow down, never grow old, never ever die young. Synchronized
eyes, imagine my surprise? I was a mean old man, I was an ornery cuss, I was a dismal Dan, I made an awful fuss. Ever since my life began, man, it was
name is William James McPhee, I was born in 1843. Raised in Liverpool by the sea but that ain't who I am, Lord have mercy on the frozen man. It took
of there. My daddy used to ride the rails (so they say, so they say). Soft as smoke and as tough as nails (Boxcar Jones, old walking man). Coming back
(King) When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, whoa, nothing is going right. Close your eyes and think of me and soon
Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name? Your way and my way seem to be one and the same. Mamma don't understand it, she wants to know where
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. Any fool can do it, there ain't nothing to it. Nobody knows how we got to the top of the hill. But
the things I lean on lose their meaning and I find myself careening in places where I should not let me go. She has the power to go where no one else
can act out the part, even though you know it wasn't written for you. Tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart ashamed of playing the fool? One
-bye sweet baby James. Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose, won't you let me go down in my dreams? And rock-a-bye sweet baby James. Now the
In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind
go myself. Turn the whole wide world into a TV show so it's just the same game wherever you go. You never meet a soul that you don't already know, one
sing this song and you can sing this song when I'm gone. It won't be long before another day, we gonna have a good time. And no one's gonna take that
Don't read no Ann Landers, just don't feed me no Colonel Sanders, I ain't trying to fool you's, don't bring home no Orange Julius. Gotta have one more
up, smiles for the loved ones, they go walking on down the aisles. Each re-engages stepping into the sun, I watch them turn like pages one by one by one
lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now. Thought I'd see you one more time
Well, I'm a steamroller, baby, I'm bound to roll all over you. Yes, I'm a steamroller now, baby, I'm bound to roll all over you. I'm gonna inject your
