Tonalité : Gb major
Verse 1
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The sweet pretty things are in bed now,
of course
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The city fathers,
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they're trying to endorse
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The reincarnation of
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Paul Revere's horse
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But the town has no need to be nervous
Verse 2
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The ghost of Belle Starr,
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she hands down her wits
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To Jezebel the nun, she violently knits
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A bald wig for Jack the Ripper,
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who sits
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At the head of the Chamber
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of Commerce
Verse 3
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Mama's in the factory,
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she ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley,
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he's lookin' for food
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I'm in the kitchen with
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the tombstone blues
Verse 4
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The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
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Screaming, she moans,
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"I've just been made"
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Then sends out for the doctor,
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who pulls down the shade
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And says, "My advice is
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to not let the boys in"
Verse 5
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Now, the medicine man comes
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and he shuffles inside
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He walks with a swagger
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and he says to the bride
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"Stop all this weeping,
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swallow your pride
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You will not die, it's not poison"
Verse 6
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Mama's in the factory,
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she ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley,
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he's lookin' for food
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I'm in the kitchen with
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the tombstone blues
Verse 7
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Well, John the Baptist,
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after torturing a thief
Looks up at his hero,
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the Commander- in- Chief
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Saying, "Tell me, great hero,
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but please make it brief
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Is there a hole for me to get sick in?"
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Verse 8
The Commander- in- Chief answers
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him while chasing a fly
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Saying, "Death to all those
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who would whimper and cry"
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And, dropping a barbell,
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he points to the sky
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Saying, "The sun's not yellow,
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it's chicken"
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Mama's in
Verse 9
the factory,
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she ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley,
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he's lookin' for food
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I'm in the kitchen with
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the tombstone blues
Verse 10
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The king of the Philistines,
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his soldiers to save
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Puts jawbones on their tombstone
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s and flatters their graves
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Puts the pied pipers in prison
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and fattens the slaves
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Then sends them out to the jungle
Verse 11
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Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch,
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he burns out their camps
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With his faithful slave Pedro
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behind him, he tramps
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With a fantastic collection of stamps
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To win friends and influence
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his uncle
Verse 12
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Mama's in the factory,
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she ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley,
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he's lookin' for food
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I'm in trouble with the tombstone blues
Interlude 1
Verse 13
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The geometry of innocence,
flesh on the bone
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Causes Galileo's math
book to get thrown
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At Delilah,
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who's sitting worthlessly alone
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But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter
Verse 14
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I wish I could give Brother
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Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains
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at the top of the hill
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Then send out for some pillars
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and Cecil B. DeMille
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He could die happily ever after
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Mama's in the factory, she ain't
Verse 15
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got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley,
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he's lookin' for food
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I'm in the kitchen with the
Interlude 2
tombstone blues
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Verse 16
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Where Ma Rainey and Beethoven
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once unwrapped their bedroll
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Tuba players now rehearse
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around the flagpole
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And the National Bank at a profit
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sells road maps for the soul
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To the old folks' home
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and the college
Verse 17
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Now, I wish I could write you a
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melody so plain
That could hold you, dear lady,
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from going insane
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That could ease you and
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cool you and cease the pain
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Of your useless and pointless
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knowledge
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Mama's in the
Verse 18
factory,
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she ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley,
he's lookin' for food
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I'm in the kitchen with the
Outro 1
tombstone blues, oh right
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