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I’ve been told to leave town

before sundown

more times than I care to explain.

 

Why, I’ve been asked by bridegrooms

to get a move on real soon

and it was always way too soon when I saw ‘em again.

 

But, ooo those ladies

would say, “ Won’t you stay please?

You’re talking so sweet I don’t feel like going home.”

 And then their daddies

 would say, “ Boy, you’ve had it!

 I’m gonna have to make sure you leave my daughter alone.”

 

I’m packing quickly

and leaving quietly.

Hopefully, I can get unharmed.

I heard some talk from downtown

like, if they ever saw me around

someone was gonna rearrange my charms!

And all I did was

take her out dancing.

I can’t imagine why everyone’s so upset.

 I hardly held her,

 didn’t even tell her

 I thought she was awfully different from all of the rest.

 

Well, I’m headed nowhere

but I don’t  really care

cause anywhere is better than what I’ve  seen.

 

I only came to this town

cause the name had the same sound

as a girl I knew from New Orleans.

 

But her older brother

said one way or the other

he was gonna introduce my face to his fist.

 Until his sister

 heard how much I’d missed her.

 She protected me like Pocahontas and John Smith.

  ©J.D. Carroll

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Traveling Salesman’s Blues

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