MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
CAMPBELL, PAUL
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Ref.: Let the midnight special shine it's light on me.
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Let the midnight special shine it's ever-loving light on me.
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1. Well, you wake up in the morning, hear the ding-dong ring.
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You go marching to the table, see the same old thing.
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Well, it's on the table, knife, a fork, and a pan.
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If you say a thing about it, you're in trouble with a man.
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2. If you ever go to Huston, you better walk right,
You better not stagger, and you better not fight.
Sheriff Benson will arrest you, and he'll carry you down.
You can get a bottom dollar, you're sugerland bound.
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3. Yonder comes Doc Melton, tell me, how do you know.
He gave me a tablet, just the day before.
There never was a doctor, travelling over land
That could cure the fever of a convict man.
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4. Yonder comes Miss Rosy, tell me, how do you know.
I know her by her apron, and the dress she wore.
Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand,
She says to the captain, "I want a lifetime man !"
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