The Backroom

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Down by the Hunter where the 
coal-trucks roll
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And the billboards tell ya where to 
save your soul
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There's another place, does a 
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better job by far
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When the moonlight hammers on the 
railway bridge
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And the whole world's lookin' for a 
beverage
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And you ain't got nothin', nothin'
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 in the boot a the car
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Time for the backroom at Dougie and
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 Gleny Rae's tikki bar


[Verse 2]
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When the coal-trucks settle up and 
down the line
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You can wake up thinking that it's 
'89
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But there's another sound, thicker
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 than a Bolivar
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You can hear it pumping out the 
roll-a-door
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Walnut piano on a wooden floor
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Backbeat drummer, Roy on a slide 
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guitar
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Coming from the backroom at Dougie 
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and Gleny Rae's tikki bar


[Solo]
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Continues after the ad
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[Verse 3]
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When the high tide's suckin' at the 
old sea wall
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And the full moon's lookin' like a 
mirror ball
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Bigger than Elvis, hotter than a 
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speedway star
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With a wet pay packet on a midnight 
hand
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They say you can win a mariachi band
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You can lose a girl, quicker than a
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 coup de grace
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In the backroom at Dougie and Gleny
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 Rae's tikki bar


[Verse 4]
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Talk about the backroom (Dougie and 
Gleny Rae's)
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B-b-b-backroom (Dougie and Gleny 
Rae's)
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Yeah it’s the backroom (Dougie and 
Gleny Rae's)
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B-b-b-backroom (Dougie and Gleny 
Rae's)
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Oh yeah the backroom (Dougie and 
Gleny Rae's)
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Oh in the backroom (Dougie and Gleny
 Rae's)


[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
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I said haul that mother, haul that 
son
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Haul that rubber to the end of a run
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That ain't got ridden since 
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between the wars
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All hidden from the liquor laws
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Down by the Hunter where the 
coal-trucks roll
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And the billboards tell ya where to 
save your soul
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There's another place, does a 
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better job by far
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That's the backroom (at Dougie and 
Gleny Rae's
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It’s the backroom (Dougie and Gleny 
Rae's)
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It’s the backroom (Dougie and Gleny 
Rae's)
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It’s the backroom (Dougie and Gleny 
Rae's)


[Solo]
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