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Fifteen years a drift upon the rising foreign tide
In my time _ _ _ in my time _ _ _
With nothing much to show for all the learning that I did
What is mine _ _ _ riffs of rhyme _ _ _
Burning up the highway playing stops along the way
W _ riting letters, painting pictures, loving, what (100211)_ more can I say
S _ hady ladies _ _ _
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Watching out for the danger signs that loomed along the road
I learned to fly _ _ _ I give it a try _ _ _
The devil came to meet me and I told him where to go
I choose to live _ _ _ he chose to die _ _ _
He told me to go with him to his pleasures down be fore
I said, "I do not trust you," anyway _I told him " no"
That's j _ ust too easy _ _ _
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One day I saw the beggar lying face down on the city
s _ idewalk grime _ _ _ nickels and dimes _ _ _
The dollar that I gave him was all I had on me then
He said " Friend _ _ _ what's the name?" _ _ _
I said "It does not matter, you might think you heard me singing
O _ n some radio show or playing on the TV
M _ aybe on the H _ ollywood Squares" _ _ _
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I gave my name and wondered why I hoped he would not call
I don't know why _ _ _ I did it at all _ _ _
I go down to his corner to talk to him now and then
I brang the wine _ _ _ he had the time _ _ _
He told the most a mazing tales of laughter and of trains and jails
Society girls whose plans had failed, the shitty d _ eals
The DT's a _ nd the pain _ _ _
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On Christmas Eve I went down where the beggar used to be
The man was gone _ _ _ and I walked on _ _ _
Though the city roared with the sound of yuletide business going on
I heard a sound _ _ _ I turned a round _ _ _
And it happened though so quickly, in a moment stood the vision
I _ n a flask of light, I saw it was the beggar's a _ ngel
Bidding m _ e good night _ _ _
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Fifteen years, a thousand dreams and many moons ago
In my time _ _ _ in my time _ _ _
In years to come I'll see it like so many times be fore
L _ ive it a gain _ _ _ breathe it a gain _ _ _
While burning up the highway playing stops along the way
W _ riting letters, painting pictures, loving, what more c _ an I say
S _ hady ladies _ _ _
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