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Wrong Side Of The Road

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Wrong Side Of The Road

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Put a dead cat on the railroad tracks

When the wolf bains blooming by the tressel

And get the eyeball of a rooster

And the stones from a ditch

And wash em down with bilge water

And you say you'll never snitch

Take the buttons from a yellow jacket

The feaather from a buzzard

And thr blood from a bounty hunters cold black heart

Catch the tears of a widow

In a thimble made of glass

Tell your mama and papa

They can kick your ass

Poison all the water in the wishin well

And hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree

Burn down all those honeymoons

Put em in a pillow case

And wait next to the switch blades at the amusement park

For me

Strangle all the christmas carols

Scratch out all your prayers

Tie em up with barbed wire

And push them down the stairs

And i'll whittle you a pistol

For keeping nightmares of the blinds

Those sunabitches always seem to sneake up from behind

Syphon all the gas from your daddys pickup truck

Fill up johnnys t bird

I got a couple of bucks

Put a little perfume and ribbon in your hair

Careful that you don't wake up the hounds

Tear a bolt of lightning

Of the side of the sky

And throw it in the cedar chest

If you want to tell me why

Bring the gear shift knob from a 49 merc

And lay down here beside me

Let me hold you in the dirt

And you'll tremble as the flames

Tear the throat out of the night

Sink your teeth into my shoulder

Dig your nails into my back

Tell that little girl to let go of my sleeve

You'll be a woman when i catch you

As you fall in love with me

Then with my double barrel shotgun

And a whole box of shells

We'll celebrate the 4 of july

We'll do 100 mph

Spendin someone elses dough

And we'll drive all the way to reno

On the wrong side of the road

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