Six Feet In The Ground

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He made a scene in every Cream 
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magazine he had a sneer and a funky
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 load of style

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Down the road where every bag and 
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lined showed he was singing trough 
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a faded yellow smile

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just a kid strung out with the 
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guitar in his high heeled snickers
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 he was walking talking art

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God smacked him down he fell apart, 
well let me tell you 'bout it



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Riding high head in the sky til 
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it all goes down

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suicide Johnny was a hero now, 
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six feet in the ground


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born to fall so the copycqats and 
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all just hang around and try to 
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get a glimpze

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and out the door in the middle of a 
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gang war silversuits shaming all 
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the pimps

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He went to Hollywood and left it 
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like a star but then he never got 
over

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he was kicked right in the heart 
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going back to 17th and park


well let me tell you now



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jingy song of deals gone wrong in
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 a room downtown

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suicide Johnny was a hero now 
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six feet in the ground



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There's nothing left now he's 
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fading like a chuckmuck on the 
street yeah

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but everytime he played the man was
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 gone and payed poison girls were 
swarming at his feet

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let me show you now



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Riding high head in the sky 'til 
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it all goes down

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suicide Johnny was a hero now 
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six feet under

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sing a song and play along in 
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your room downtown

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rock n' roll Johnny was a hero now
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 six feet in the ground

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six feet in the ground, six feet
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 in the ground