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[00:14.43]Manager is waiting to be paid
[00:21.01]Along with priests and deacons of his court
[00:27.94]A quartermaster, quite a mess, a mistress of the line
[00:34.68]Has found a last cent avenue of pain
[00:44.70]Mardi Gras just passed this way a while ago
[00:51.78]Making hungry people of us all
[00:58.38]Along the Mississippi, you can hear the fiddlers play
[01:05.55]Fandangos and boleros to the Lord
[01:12.74]Many trials, many tried
[01:19.39]Simple stories are the best
[01:26.24]Keep in mind the wishful kind
[01:32.61]Don't want to be like all the rest
[01:42.29]Uncle was a vicar in the big parade
[01:49.15]Selling fountain pens that never write
[01:55.72]San Sebastián gamblers never cheat nor lie
[02:03.02]They know good fences make good neighbours
[02:09.64]I wish I knew what time of year it was
[02:16.38]What kind of people will be there
[02:22.64]When gruesome tales of two cities ran
[02:29.48]Running all the way
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[02:45.84]Father might have heard his prayers were answered
[02:52.54]Inhibitions all the way from home
[02:59.19]Consider now, consider that before the deed is done
[03:05.99]The blood of consolation runs so true
[03:13.25]Many times, many tried
[03:19.94]Simple stories are the best
[03:26.81]Keep in mind, wishful kind
[03:32.93]Don't wanna be like all the rest
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