Tonalità: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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First time I met
old Turnpike Tom
Sittin' in a diner in Bloomington
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He said "Are you going my way?"
He had a sleeping bag and
his hat was torn
And both his thumbs were two feet long
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From years of hitchin'
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on the hi- way
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He said "Mister,
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won't you give me a ride
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I'm a wanted man lookin'
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for a place to hide"
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Oh, we finished the coffee and
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we got in the car
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We drove off and hadn't gone far
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When Tom began to tell me his sad story...
Verse 2
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He said "Long around 1942
Buddy, I robbed a bank in Kalamazoo
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Just to get enough money to
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marry my true darlin'
But she died when she
heard what I had done
And ever since I've been on the run
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Standing on the hi- ways a callin'
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A callin' mister won't
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you give me a ride
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I'm a wanted man lookin'
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for a place to hide"
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Said "Now I'm gettin'
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old and ready to die
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Too tired to run and too sick to try
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And soon I'll be hitchin' upstairs
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in the skyway..."
Verse 3
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[Spoken]
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Oh,
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play that again...
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Verse 4
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He said "I can't pay you for the ride
Just once before I die
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I'd like to do somebody a favor"
And out of his pocket came
a rusty old key
Along with a map and he give 'em to me
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And said "Here's an end
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to all your labor"
Verse 5
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"Way down in Greensboro, Tennessee
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In the back of Rusty's
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Roadside Cabaret
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There's 20, 000 in unmarked green
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The money I stole that's
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in the machine
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That hangs on the wall in Rusty's
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Roadside men's room"
Verse 6
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So, three nights later at Rusty's door
I had a beer and then I had one more
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Then I headed for the treasure
Just like old Turnpike Tom had said
The machine was under a sign which read
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Sanitary 3- for- a- quarter
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So I took out the key and I broke the lock
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There to my bewilderment
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and shock
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I found a sign which read
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"You've just been had
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In a sanitary way by Turnpike Tom
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The outlaw with the fast
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est sense of humor"
Verse 7
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And if you meet someone
with a troubled mind
Well, just give him the key and
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feed him the line
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And tell him his days will soon be better
Verse 8
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Yes, and mister,
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you've been taken for a ride
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There ain't nothin' but fools
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gold here inside
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Oh, the real gold,
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that's inside us all
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Remember that you only fall for
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Lies and stories when you really want to
Outro 1
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