Devils Hootenanny

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[Verse 1]
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I was walking through the snow
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When I saw a distant glow
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Of a farmhouse nestled down 
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beneath the trees
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With a guitar on my back
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I thought it sure can't hurt to ask
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If I could stay the night And sing
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 a pretty song for free

[Chorus 1]
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I walked up to the house
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And then I knocked hard on the door
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That old dark piece of wood
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She fell right in there on the floor
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And as she did a fire burst out on 
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all sides
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I wondered what the hell was going
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 on inside

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[Verse 2]
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Then the music that I heard
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It was bizarre, it was absurd
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Like no banjo fiddle bass I'd ever 
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seen
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I stepped into a room of flames
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Shook my head and looked again
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It was the kind of company to make
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 you scream

[Chorus 2]
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It was a devil's hootenanny
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An old-time fire band
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A drunken whiskey choir singing
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Round me you understand
And then they said, "We've been 
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searching near and far
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For a thing like you to sing and 
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play guitar

[Verse 3]
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Well I opened up my case
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And all the blood rushed to my face
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I sang a fragile note, picked a 
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minor tune
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Well those devils yelled and clapped
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And all their asses they did slap
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Before too long we were arm and 
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arm beneath the moon

[Chorus 2]
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'cause that old house burnt on down
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There were cinders on the ground
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I snuggled up inside, closed my eyes
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I was sleeping sound
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And I dreamt of summer nights down 
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by the sea
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With a devil's banjo playing on my
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 knee