Wharf Rat

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Old man down,
Em                                
Way down down, down by the docks 
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of the city.
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Blind and dirty,
Em                                
Asked me for a dime, a dime for a 
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cup of coffee.
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I got no dime but I got some time 
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to hear his story.

My name is August West,
And I love my Pearly Baker best more
 than my wine.
More than my wine -
More than my maker, though he's no 
friend of mine.

Everyone said,
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I'd come to no good, I knew I would 
Pearly, believe them.
Half of my life,
I spent doin' time for some other 
fucker's crime,
The other half found me stumbling 
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'round drunk on Burgundy wine

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But I'll get back      on my 
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feet again someday,
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The good Lord willin',      if 
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He says I may.
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I know that the life      I'm 
             Em
livin's no good,
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I'll get a new start,        
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live the life I should.

Break

Em
I'll get up and fly away,
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I'll get up and fly away, fly away.

Pearly's been true,
True to me, true to my dyin' day he 
said,
I said to him,
I said to him, "I'm sure she's 
been."
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been 
true to you."

Got up and wandered,
Wandered downtown, nowhere to go but
 just hang around.
I've got a girl,
Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's
 been true to me.
I know she's been, I'm sure she's 
been true to me.