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Once upon a time you | dressed so fine |
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Threw the bums a dime | in your prime, | - | didn't you. |
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People call, say "Beware | doll, |
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You're bound to | fall", you thought | - they were | all - | kidding you. |
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You used | to | laugh about |
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Everybody | that was | hanging | out |
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Now you | don't | walk so proud |
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Now you | don't | talk so loud |
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About having to be scrounging | your next | meal |
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How does it | feel, | How does it | feel |
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To be | on your | own, | with no | direction | home |
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A | complete un | known | Like a | rolling | stone. |
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You've gone to the finest | schools, alright, Miss | Lonely |
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But you know you only | used to get | juiced in it. |
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Nobody thought you'll | have to live out on the | street |
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But now you're | gonna have to get | used to it. |
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You said you'd | never | compromise |
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With the Mystery | Tramp but now you | realize |
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That | He's not | selling any | ali | bis, |
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as you | stare into the | vacuum | of his | eyes |
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And he | says, "Do you want to | make a | deal?" |
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people |
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they've got it made |
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts |
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe |
You used to be so amused |
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used |
Go to him now he calls you you can't refuse |
When you got nothin' you got nothin' to lose |
You're invisible now you've got no secrets to conceal |
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You never turned around to see the frowns on the juggles - |
- and the downs. |
When they all come down and did tricks for you |
You never understood that it ain't no good |
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you |
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat |
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat |
Ain't it hard when you discover that |
He really wasn't where it's at |
After he took from you everything he could steel |