Scarlet Town

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In Scarlet Town, where I was born
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There's ivy leaf and silver thorn
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The streets have names that you 
can't pronounce
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Gold is down to a quarter of an 
ounce
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The music starts and the people sway
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Everybody says, "Are you going my 
way? "
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Uncle Tom still workin' for Uncle 
Bill
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Scarlet Town is under the hill.

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Scarlet Town in the month of May
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Sweet William Holme on his deathbed 
lay
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Mistress Mary by the side of the bed
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Kissin' his face and heapin' prayers
 on his head
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So brave, so true, so gentle is he
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I'll weep for him as he would weep 
for me
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Little Boy Blue come your blow horn
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In Scarlet Town, where I was born

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Scarlet Town, in the hot noon hours,
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There's palm-leaf shadows and 
scattered flowers
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Beggars crouching at the gate
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Help comes, but it comes too late
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By marble slabs and in fields of 
stone
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You make your humble wishes known
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I touched the garment, but the hem 
was torn
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In Scarlet Town, where I was born

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In Scarlet Town, the end is near
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The Seven Wonders of the World are 
here
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The evil and the good livin' side by
 side
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All human forms seem glorified
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Put your heart on a platter and see 
who will bite
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See who will hold you and kiss you 
good night
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There's walnut groves and maplewood
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In Scarlet Town cryin' won't do no 
good

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In Scarlet Town, you fight your 
father's foes
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Up on the hill, a chilly wind blows
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You fight 'em on high and you fight 
'em down in
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You fight 'em with whiskey, morphine
 and gin
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You've got legs that can drive men 
mad
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A lot of things we didn't do that I 
wish we had
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In Scarlet Town, the sky is clear
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You'll wish to God that you stayed 
right here

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Set 'em Joe, play "Walkin' the 
Floor"
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Play it for my flat-chested junkie 
whore
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I'm staying up late, I'm making 
amends
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While we smile, all heaven descends
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If love is a sin, then beauty is a 
crime
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All things are beautiful in their 
time
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The black and the white, the yellow 
and the brown
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It's all right there in front of 
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you in Scarlet Town