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dem a shoot
dem a wail
a shanty town
dem a shoot
dem a wail
a shanty town
because you're so far from home
and you're wailing
and why do they come when you're always raining?
because you're so far from home
and you're wailing
and why do they come when you're always raining?
i was born by the railroad tracks
well the train whistle wailed and i wailed right back
well papa left mama when i was quite young
i was born by the railroad tracks
well the train whistle wailed and i wailed right back
well papa left mama when i was quite young
on my old guitar
and i just wail and weep
over softly bending strings
on my old guitar
and i just wail and weep
over softly bending strings
and i'm dark as cinder
here forever wailing
wailing
and i'm dark as cinder
here forever wailing
wailing
feel no fret
be no weeping no wailing
feel no fret
feel no fret
be no weeping no wailing
feel no fret
from then to me. i'll never grieve
never wail
never be afraid of tomorrow
from then to me. i'll never grieve
never wail
never be afraid of tomorrow
bought like a crust of bread
but oh do i wail
seldom stumble
bought like a crust of bread
but oh do i wail
seldom stumble
she walks these hills in a long black veil
she visits my grave when the night winds wail
nobody knows
she walks these hills in a long black veil
she visits my grave when the night winds wail
nobody knows
unto them fear lord
wailing god
look at them wailing god
unto them fear lord
wailing god
look at them wailing god
united in chaos. invading force alert
sirens wailing
air raiders in the sky
united in chaos. invading force alert
sirens wailing
air raiders in the sky
over water underground
all through the winter you bawl and you wail
wail and you weep
over water underground
all through the winter you bawl and you wail
wail and you weep
talk about you rocking steady
there shall be weeping and wailing
there shall be weeping and wailing
talk about you rocking steady
there shall be weeping and wailing
there shall be weeping and wailing
start
all clear wail the sirens
sunshine on the wasteland
start
all clear wail the sirens
sunshine on the wasteland
the spectre fell against it
without a cry or a wail
here in the darkness
the spectre fell against it
without a cry or a wail
here in the darkness
oh-oh
wailing stone!
i tried so hard to fly
oh-oh
wailing stone!
i tried so hard to fly
but don't want to sing them bad
roy wailed for you
he wailed the blues tonight
but don't want to sing them bad
roy wailed for you
he wailed the blues tonight
how i love you to be by my side
they wail the crowd on her side
she straggled the bridge by the water
how i love you to be by my side
they wail the crowd on her side
she straggled the bridge by the water