Virginia Avenue

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Well, I'm walking down Virginia 
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Ave - nue,
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  Trying to find somebody to tell
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 my troubles to
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   Harold's club is closing and 
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everybodys going on home
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What's a poor boy to do??

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I'll just get back into my short, 
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make it back to the fort,
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  Sleep off all the crazy lizards
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 inside of my brain
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   there's got to be some place 
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that's better than this,
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this life I'm leading is driving me
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 insane
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and let me tell you im dreaming


guitar solo

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let me tell you that I'm dreaming 
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to the twilight
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this town has got me down
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  I've seen all the highlights 
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I've been walking all around
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   I won't make a fuss, I'll take
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 a Greyhound bus
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carry me away from here, tell me, 
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what have I got to lose??

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cause I'm walking on down Columbus 
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Ave - nue
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   The bars are all closing cause
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 it's quarter to two
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every town I go to is like a 
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lock without a key
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the blues i leave behind is 
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catching up on me
let me tell you they're catching 
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up on me
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they're catching up on me,   
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catching up on me
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catching up on me,     catching up
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 on me