A Better Place To Be

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It was an early morn-in 
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bar-room?  and the place just 
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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 
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whiskey, She was a big old 
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friendly 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 
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awhile, since you?ve been around
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Where the hell you been hidin??  
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and why you look so down??
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But the little man, just sat there
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 like he?d never heard a sound

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The waitress she give out a cough,
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 and act-tin? not the least put off
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 she spoke
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once again? she said ?I don?t want
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 to bother you?  consider it?s 
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understood;
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I know I?m not no beauty queen, 
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but I s-u-r-e can listen good

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And the little man took his drink 
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in his hand and he raised it to 
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his lips
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He took a couple of sips, and then
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 he t-o-l-d the waitress this 
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story

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I am the midnight watchman down at
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 Miller?s Tool and Die

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And I watch, the metal rustin? and
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 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
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 two seats from my right
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And Lord,  Lord,  Lord?          
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          she was all right

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Ah she was so damn beautiful, that
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 she?d warm a winter?s frost
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But she was long past lonely, and 
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well nigh 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 decided to glide on over, 
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and give her one   good try
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And Lord,  Lord,  Lord?          
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         she was worth the try

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Tongue-tied like a schoolboy, I 
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stammered out some words
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But it did not really matter much,
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 ?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 
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      quietly     she      said
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?If you want me to come with you, 
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then that?s all right with me
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?Cause I know I?m goin? nowhere, 
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and anywhere?s a    better    place
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   to    be?

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                  Anywhere?s a 
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better       place       to       
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   be

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I drove her up to my boardin? 
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house, and I took her up to my 
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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 leave the 
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light off?    oh?  I don?t mind the 
dark,?
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And as her clothes all tumbled 
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?round her?    I could hear my 
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heart
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The moonlight shone up upon her, 
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as she lay back in my bed
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It was the kind of scene I only 
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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 
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said, ?Sshh, I know     just   how 
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   you   feel

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And if you want to co me here with 
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me, then that?s all right with me
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?cause I?ve been oh, so lonely; 
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lovin? someone is, a better    way
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     to     be
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               Anywhere?s     a    
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 better      place     to    be?

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The mornin? come so swiftly, but I
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 held her in my arms
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But she slept like a baby?     
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snug 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
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 brought us both some food

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I came back with my paper bag?  to 
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find that she was gone
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She left a six word letter?  sayin?
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 ?It?s time that I moved on?

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The waitress took her bar-rag?  
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and she wiped 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 was 
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beautiful, or that you were 
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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 know all ?bout 
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loneliness?  and livin? all 
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alone?
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And the little man? looked at the 
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empty glass in his hand
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and he smiled a crooked grin?  he 
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said; ?I guess I?m out of gin,
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And I know?  we both have been?
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  s-o  l-o-n-e-l-y
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And if you want me?  to come with 
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you, then that?s all right with me
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?cause I know I?m goin? nowhere?
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and anywhere?s?  a better?  place?
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  t-o  b-e?

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