Talkin Lion Blues

[Intro]

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[verse]
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O-da-lay-eeeeee
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O-da-lay-ee-ee-ee
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O-de-o-lay-ee-oh-oh
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O-da-lay-eee

[Verse 2]

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I was over in Africa minin' for gold
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O-oooh, minin' for gold,
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Come along a big lion, caught me in 
my hole
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O-de-lay-eee, caught me in my hole

[Verse 3]
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The lion said "Buddy, you plumb 
outta luck"
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O-da-lay-eee, you plumb outta luck,
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Made a lunge for me, lawd, I had to 
duck
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O-de-lay-eee, I had to duck

[Verse 4]
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I jabbed that lion right clean in 
the jaw
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O-oooh, right clean in the jaw
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Picked up his tail, dragged him 
cross the floor
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O-de-lay-eee, dragged him cross 
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the floor

[Verse 5]
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I chained him up in the back of my 
truck
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O-oooh, in the back of my truck
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Said, "What's that you had to say 
about luck?"
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O-de-lay-eee, that you said about 
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luck

[Verse 6]
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The first place I took him was ten 
miles away,
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O-ooh, ten miles away
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Told the people, "Listen what this 
lion can say"
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O-de-lay-eee, what this lion can say

[Verse 7]
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The lion looked round, he started to
 cry,
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O-ooh, he started to cry,
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Said, "This man punched me and he 
blackened my eye"
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O-da-lay-eee, and he blackened my 
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eye.

[Verse 8]
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The people got angry, they started 
to shout,
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O-da-lay-ee-ee-ee-eee
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Lion said, "That's what I was talkin
 about"
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O-de-lay-eee, oh-oh, lawd, laws.

[Verse 9]
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They hauled me up the courthouse 
stairs,
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O-oooh, up the courthouse stairs
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The judge was a monkey in an old 
wicker chair
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O-de-lay-eee, in an old wicker 
chair.

[Verse 10]
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The monkey said, "Guilty", and the 
people all cheered,
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O-oooh, and the people all cheered
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He slammed his gravel, said "Twenty 
five years"
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O-da-lay-eee, said twenty five years

[Verse 11]
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I'm in Africa wearin a ball and 
chain,
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O-de-lay-ee, a ball and chain,
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I'll never mess with a talkin lion 
again
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O-oooh, talkin lion again