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Artist: Paul Simon
Canonical path: /paul-simon/papa-hobo
Related lyric paths: 6
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Papa Hobo
Read Papa Hobo lyrics by Paul Simon on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Papa Hobo
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Mm
It's carbon and monoxide
The ole detroit perfume
It hangs on the highways
In the morning
And it lays you down by noon
Oh papa hobo
You can see that I'm dressed like a schoolboy
But I feel like a clown
It's a natural reaction I learned
In this basketball town
Sweep up
I been sweeping up the tips I've made
I'm living on gatorade
Planning my getaway
Detroit, detroit
Got a hell of a hockey team
Got a left-handed way
Of making a man sign up on that
Automotive dream, oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh, papa papa hobo
Could you slip me a ride?
Well, it's just after breakfast
I'm in the road
And the weatherman lied,
Oo, ah, oo
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Paul Simon performs "Papa Hobo", and this lyric page sits inside the Paul Simon catalog on LyroVerse.
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