Two Dollar Novels

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[Verse 1]
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Well I turned right on First, 
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left on White Oak
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Back to my old neighborhood
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I saw old Doc Randolph
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He was mowing his yard
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He's kept it up ‘’bout the best he
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 could.
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And Evelyn his wife of thirty-two 
years
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She smiled as I drove by
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And she waved from her front porch 
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swing.
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And she went back to readin’ her 
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two dollar novel
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And playin’ with her wedding ring.

[Verse 2]
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A few houses needed paintin’, a 
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few gates were unhinged
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But generally the place looked the 
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same.
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The driveways were full of bikes 
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and Buick sedans
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Things any good American would 
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claim.
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And all them other lovers that 
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married for cover
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They were out for the sacred 
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nightly stroll.
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They were wishing they were 
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characters in a two dollar novel
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Wishing for their weight in gold.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Now Mary Elizabeth, she's my high
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 school sweetheart
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She married my best high school 
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friend
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He manages the hardware store, 
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she became a nurse
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And I became a memory to them.
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And all my other buddies they just 
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got lost in outer space
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And they ran off to serve their 
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country well.
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They're all fighting in a war of 
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two dollar novels
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Where only the toughest live to 
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tell.

[Verse 4]
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So I turned right on White Oak and 
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left on First
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Out of that old neighborhood
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I left Doctor and Mrs. Randolph 
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sipping ice tea on the front porch
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Wondering if I'd ever come to any 
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good.
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And on a thousand shady streets in 
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a thousand other towns
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Now people, Lord, they're doing 
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just the same.
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They're all living their lives 
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like two dollar novels
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And wondering why the world is so 
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insane.
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They're all living their lives 
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like two dollar novels
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And wondering why there's nothing 
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left to gain.