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Artist: The Mavericks
Canonical path: /the-mavericks/matchbox
Related lyric paths: 6
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Matchbox
Read Matchbox lyrics by The Mavericks on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Matchbox
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Well I'm sitting here wondering
Will a matchbox hold my clothes
Yeah I'm sitting here wondering
Will a matchbox hold my clothes
I ain't got no matches, but I got a long way to go
I'm an ol' poor boy and
A long way from home
I'm an ol' poor boy and
A long way from home
Guess I'll never be happy
Eveything I do is wrong, yeah
Well let me be your little dog
'Till your big dog comes
Let me be your little dog
'Till your big dog comes
When the big dog gets here
Tell him what this little puppy done
Yeah I'm sitting here wondering
Will a matchbox hold my clothes
Yeah I'm sitting here wondering
Will a matchbox hold my clothes
I got no matches, got a long way to go
Let 'er go boy, go-go
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The Mavericks performs "Matchbox", and this lyric page sits inside the The Mavericks catalog on LyroVerse.
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