John Doe No 24

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[Verse]
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I was standing on the sidewalk in 
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1945
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In Jacksonville, Illinois
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When asked what my name was there 
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came no reply
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They said I was a deaf and 
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sightless half wit boy
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But Louis was my name, though I 
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could not say it
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I was born and raised in New 
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Orleans
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My spirit was wild, so I let the 
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river take it
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On a barge and a prayer upstream
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Well, they searched for a mother
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And they searched for a father
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And they searched till they searched
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The doctors put to rest their 
scientific tests
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And they named me 'John Doe No. 24'
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And they all shook their heads in 
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pitty
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For a world so silent and dark
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Well, there's no doubt that life's a
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 mystery
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But so too is the human heart
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And it was my heart's own perfume
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When the crepe jasmine bloomed on 
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saint Morgue Avenue
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Though I couldn't hear the bells
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Of the streetcars coming by toeing 
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the track I knew
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And if I were an old man returning
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With my satchel and porkpie hat
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I'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon
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And I'd hit everyone on Basin after 
that

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[Verse 2]
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The years kept passing as they 
passed me around
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From one state ward to another
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Like I was an orphan shoe from the 
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lost and found
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Always missing the other
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And they gave me a harp last 
Christmas
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And all the nurses took a dance
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But lately I've been growing 
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listless
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I've been dreaming again of the 
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past
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I'm wandering down to the banks
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Of the great Big Muddy where the 
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shotgun houses stand
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I am seven years old and I feel my 
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dad
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Reach out for my hand
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While I drew breath no one missed 
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me
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So they won't on the day that I 
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cease
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Put a sprig of crepe jasmine with me
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To remind me of New Orleans

[Otro]
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I was standing on the sidewalk in 
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1945
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In Jacksonville, Illinois