Cleaning Man

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I was the cleaning man
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I was the cleaning man
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Listened to the radio play 
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'Cowgirl in the Sand'
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When I was the cleaning man


[Verse 2]
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I was the cleaning man
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After everyone had come
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To talk and drink and dance
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I could see the evening scene 
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reflecting in the cans
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Now echoes of the empty room return
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 with loneliness
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And in the darkness of the night
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I take the devil's hand
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When I was the cleaning man


[Verse 3]
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I was death's hand
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I was heroin
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To somebody I shouldn't have been


[Verse 4]
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I was heroin
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I was death's hand
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I was the thief who stole all 
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those women and men
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I stood at the funerals of 
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relatives and friends
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And like a Midas eye wishing my 
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greed and curse would end


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When I was the cleaning man
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When I was the cleaning man
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When I was the cleaning man