Yuba City

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I came into Yuba as soon as I read
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Of all of those twenty-five hobos 
found dead
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I came in to find out if one of the 
slain
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Could have answered to my 
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brother's name
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It might be your brother, I just 
couldn't say
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We hire lots of floaters who work by
 the day;
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Now I see his photo they might be 
the same
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But I never did ask him his name

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Chorus: If I had a list and if I 
only knew
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I'd write down their names and sing 
them to you
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And when I got done, I'd sing them 
again
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So you'd all know each one had a 
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name
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He had a room and ran out on the 
rent
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Hired on a crew, I don't know where 
he went
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If I knew his boss, I might make a 
claim
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But I never did write down his name

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He stopped for a drink every now and
 again
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Didn't look no different than 
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hundreds of men;
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You know these old winos, they all 
look the same
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No reason to ask him his name
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It might have been Shorty, a feller 
I knew
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We bunked in the empties when the 
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season was through
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You know, I been thinking, it sure 
is a shame
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I never did ask him his name

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We always abandon the old for the 
new
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And second-hand people get thrown 
away, too;
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I know it won't help, but still it 
explains
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Why no one remembers their names