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Old man down, Way down down, down by the docks of the city.
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Blind and dirty, Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee.
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I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story.
[Verse 2]
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My name is August West, And I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine.
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More than my wine, More than my maker, though he's no friend of mine.
[Verse 3]
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Everyone said, I'd come to no good, I knew I would Pearly, believe them.
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Half of my life, I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime
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The other half found me stumbling a-round drunk on Burgundy wine
[Bridge] (3/4 time)
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But I'll get back on my feet again someday,
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The good Lord willin', if He says I may.
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I know that the life I'm livin's no good,
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I'll get a new start, live the life I should.
[Break] (Back to 4/4 time)
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I'll get up and fly away, I'll get up and fly away, fly away.
[Verse 4]
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Pearly's been true, True to me, true to my dyin' day he said,
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I said to him, I said to him, "I'm sure she's been."
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I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you."
[Verse 5]
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I got up and wandered, Wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around.
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I've got a girl, Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me.
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I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me.