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Artist: Greg Brown
Canonical path: /greg-brown/cronies
Related lyric paths: 6
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Cronies
Read Cronies lyrics by Greg Brown on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Cronies
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I'd be a dead man hanging around,
if it weren't for my pals in this town.
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
I'd wouldn't go down to the joint,
there'd be no pleasure, there'd be no point,
without c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
refrão 1:
And if I ain't got no money--
if I aint' got a thing, they think that that's funny.
I know they'll put up with me, for awhile.
They see me comin' down the street, lookin' real beat--
it's like seein' themselves and it makes 'em smile.
See each other play in the little bars--
sit around the campfire under the stars.
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
Can you recover, are you feeling allright?
Where's the party gonna be tonight?
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
refrão 2:
Yeah, and if they ain't got no money--
if they ain't got a thing, they think that that's funny.
They know I'll put up with them, for awhile.
I see 'em comin' down the street, lookin' real beat--
it's like seein' myself and it makes me smile.
One oughta get married, and one has twice--
niether wants to listen to my advice.
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
Out in the sunshine I see them spralled.
When I leave this town I'm gonna miss them all.
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
refrão 2
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