Turnpike Tom

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First time I met old Turnpike Tom
Sittin' in a diner in Bloomington
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He said "Are you going my way?"
He had a sleeping bag and his hat 
was torn
And both his thumbs were two feet 
long
From years of hitchin' on the hi-way
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He said "Mister, won't you give me a
 ride
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I'm a wanted man lookin' for a place
 to hide"
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Oh, we finished the coffee and we 
got in the car
We drove off and hadn't gone far
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When Tom began to tell me his sad 
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story...
He said "Long around 1942
Buddy, I robbed a bank in Kalamazoo
Just to get enough money to marry my
 true darlin'
But she died when she heard what I 
had done
And ever since I've been on the run
Standing on the hi-ways a callin'
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A callin' mister won't you give me a
 ride
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I'm a wanted man lookin' for a 
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place to hide"
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Said "Now I'm gettin' old and ready 
to die
Too tired to run and too sick to try
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And soon I'll be hitchin' upstairs
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 in the skyway..."

[spoken]
Oh, play that again...

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He said "I can't pay you for the 
ride
Just once before I die
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I'd like to do somebody a favor"
And out of his pocket came a rusty 
old key
Along with a map and he give 'em to 
me
And said "Here's an end to all your 
labor"
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"Way down in Greensboro, Tennessee
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In the back of Rusty's Roadside
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 Cabaret
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There's 20,000 in unmarked green
The money I stole that's in the 
machine
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That hangs on the wall in Rusty's 
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Roadside men's room"

So, three nights later at Rusty's 
door
I had a beer and then I had one more
Then I headed for the treasure
Just like old Turnpike Tom had said
The machine was under a sign which 
read
Sanitary 3-for-a-quarter
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So I took out the key and I broke 
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the lock
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There to my bewilderment and 
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shock
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I found a sign which read "You've 
just been had
In a sanitary way by Turnpike Tom
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The outlaw with the fastest sense of
 humor"
And if you meet someone with a 
troubled mind
Well, just give him the key and feed
 him the line
And tell him his days will soon be 
better
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Yes, and mister, you've been taken 
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for a ride
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There ain't nothin' but fools 
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gold here inside
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Oh, the real gold, that's inside us 
all
Remember that you only fall for
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Lies and stories when you really 
want to