A Junkies Lament

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Ricky's been kick-ing the gong
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lickety split didn't take too long
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A junkie's sick, a monkey's strong
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That's what's wrong

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Well, I guess he's been messing 
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around downtown
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so sad to see the man losing ground
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winding down behind closed doors
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on all fours

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Mama, don't you call him my name;
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he can't hear you anymore
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Even if he seems the same to you
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that's a stranger to your door
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Ask him what's he come here for

Oh my God, a monkey can move a man
Send him to hell and home again
With an empty hand in the afternoon
shooting for the moon

It's halfway sick and it's halfway 
stoned
He'd sure like to kick but he's too 
far gone
so they wind him down with the 
methadone
He's all on his own

But baby, don't you throw your love 
away
I hate to seem unkind
It's only that I understand the man
that the monkey can leave behind
I used to think he was a friend of 
mine

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