A Headstone For Harry

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[Verse 1]
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A young boy walked into the 
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Somerset pool room
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All us ole boys were just standing 
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around
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The kid said 'scuse me, do you know
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 my daddy?
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He's dead and he's lying out there 
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in the ground

[Verse 2]
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We told him that we surely knew 
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Harry Walker
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Known him for years was a good 
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friend of ours
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The boy said well I want to get him
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 a headstone
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I already went out and picked him 
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some flowers

[Verse 3]
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We looked at each other - not 
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having no money
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We ventured to ask, well, how much 
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would it cost
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Two hundred dollars he said with 
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his chest out
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And twenty more dollars to have it 
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embossed

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[Verse 4]
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He said you know daddy was real 
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close to Jesus
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He prayed every day long as I can 
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recall
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But now I'm afraid when the Lord 
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comes to get him
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He might not be able to find him at
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 all

[Verse 5]
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Now me and my pals at the Somerset 
pool room
Ain't famous for nothing but 
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standing around broke
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But something about the sad teary 
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eyed youngster
Made us think that something was 
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stuck in our throats

[Verse 6]
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So we got some moonshine and stole 
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a few chickens
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We passed round the word that a 
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party was on
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We found some musicians and wood 
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for a bonfire
And we bush-hogged a place out on 
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Harry's old farm

[Verse 7]
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We fixed up a bucket with harry's 
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name on it
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We passed it around 'til it nearly 
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was filled
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Two hundred and forty-six dollars 
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collected
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More than enough there to pay off 
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the bill

[Verse 8]
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A couple weeks later we sat in the 
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pool room
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And someone suggested since two 
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weeks had passed
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Go out to the graveyard and look at
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 the headstone
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And see what the young man had done
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 with our cash

[Verse 9]
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Now, there on the hillside in shiny
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 grey marble
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A real pretty headstone that 
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stated the fact
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All chiseled in stone there was 
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written this message
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Ny name's Harry Walker and here's 
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where I'm at