I learned how to hammer

In the burning august sun

I learned how to lie and cheat

How to steal and just how to run

I fell asleep most nights

Somebody else's blood on my tongue, your tongue

You learn just how to run.

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But it's just the blues, mary, the blues

Swirling around my head like your dreams in dorothy's shoes

I'm somewhere over the rainbow for you.

I learned how to cry

In them lonesome september nights

I learned to get by

With the dogs and the dirt and the charm of the street

I fell asleep most nights

With your pictures right behind my eyes, your eyes

The killer and the victim

Right at the same time.

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But it's just the blues, mary, the blues

Swirling around my head like your dreams in dorothy's shoes

I'm somewhere over the rainbow for you.

And cause your smile

Is bright like the ramparts on the 4th of july

And my baby swings like a boxer

And sends her right hooks under my chin

She cries like a baby

And she wears me just like a ring

Cries like a baby

And she wears me just like a ring

I'd rather go than watch you leave.

I learned how to swagger

I learned how to hold you while your body burn

I learned how to compromise

While this whirlwind hurricane turned

We fell asleep most nights

With each other's blood on our tongues

My love

Have you ever just had enough?

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But it's just the blues, mary, the blues

Swirling around my head like your dreams in dorothy's shoes

I'm somewhere over the rainbow for you.