The Unwelcome Guest

Billy Bragg & Wilco

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[Verse]

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To the rich man's bright lodges I 

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ride in this wind

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On my good horse I call you my 

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shiny Black Bess

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To the playhouse of fortune to 

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take the bright silver

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An gold you have taken from 

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somebody else

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And this we go riding in the 

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damp foggy midnight

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You snort, my good pony, and you 

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give me your best

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For you know, and I know, good 

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horse 'mongst the rich ones

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How oftimes we go there an 

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unwelcome guest

[Bridge]

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[Verse 2]

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I've never took food from the 

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widows and orphans

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And never a hard working man I 

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oppressed

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So take your pace easy, for home 

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soon like lightening

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We soon-will be riding, my shiny

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 Black Bess

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No fat rich man's pony can e'er 

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o'ertake you

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And there's not a rider from the 

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east to the west

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Could hold you a light, in this 

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dark mist and midnight

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When the potbellied thieves,chase

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 their unwelcome guest

[Bridge]

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[Verse 3]

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I don't know good horse, as we 

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trot in this dark here

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That robbing the rich is for 

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worse or for best

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They take it by stealing and 

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lying and gambling

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And I.. take it my way, my shiny

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 Black Bess

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I treat horses good and I'm 

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friendly to strangers

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I ride and your running makes my 

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guns talk the best

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And the rangers and deputies are 

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hired by the rich man

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To catch me and hang me, my 

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shining Black Bess

[Bridge]

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[Verse 4]

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Yes, they'll catch me napping one 

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day and they'll kill me

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And then I'll be gone but that 

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won´t be my end

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For my guns and my saddle will 

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always be filled

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By unwelcome travellers and 

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other brave men

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And they'll take the money and 

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spread it out equal

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Just like the Bible and the 

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prophets suggest

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But the man that go riding to 

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help these poor workers

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