The Drunken Driver

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Now listen, you, drunken driver 
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while here on earth you dwell
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You never know when the time to 
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come when you'll have to say fare- 
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well

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I saw an accident one day, would 
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charm the hearts of man
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And teach him never to drink and 
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drive with a steerin' wheel in his 
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hand

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This awful accident occurred on the
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 twentieth day of May
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And caused to lovin' children to 
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sleep beneath the clay

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These two dear kids walked side by 
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side out on a state high- way
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Their lovin' mother, she had died 
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and their father had run a- way

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They were talking of their loving 
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parents, how sad their hearts did 
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feel
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When a- round the curve came a 
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speedin' car with a drunk man at 
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the wheel

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The driver saw these two dear kids 
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and hooted a drunkard sound
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?Get out of the road, you, little 
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fools? and the car had brought them
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 down

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The driver staggered from his car 
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to see what he had done
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His heart sank with- in him when 
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he saw his dyin' son

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He then picked up his little one 
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and carried him to his car
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Then leanin' on the runnin' board,
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 he prayed a drunkard's prayer

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Sayin', ?Please, oh Lord, forgive 
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me for this awful crime I've done?
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His at- tention then was called 
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away to the words of his dyin' son

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Sayin' ?Take us to our mother, Dad.
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 She sleeps be- neath the ground
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It was you and her we was talkin' 
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about when the car had knocked us 
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down?

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?And please, dear Dad, don't drink 
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no more while drivin' on your way
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But meet us with our mother, Dad, 
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in heaven some sweet day?