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Out of Luck

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I pulled into Jackson in the morning light, 

Saw the last of Jackson along about ten that night. 
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Had some chili, saw a show, 
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When the deputy sheriff said, "Time to go", 
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Out of luck and out on another highway. 

I ain't much to look at, but I can't help that.
A little too short, I drink too much and I'm getting fat.
Change it all if I had my way,
But you've got to play 'em the way they lay,
When you're out of luck, and out on another highway.

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Lord, Lord, wouldn't I love to throw these shoes away -
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They won't let me stay no place for no time.
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Lord, Lord, wouldn't I love to never go again 
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Out of luck and out on another highway.

Wrote a picture postcard to a pal of mine,
Heading south to winter in the warm sunshine,
It wasn't no use to mail it, though -
He's gone where the chilly winds don't blow
Out of luck and out on another highway.

Lord, Lord, wouldn't I love to throw these shoes away -
They won't let me stay no place for no time.
Lord, Lord, wouldn't I love to never go again
Out of luck and out on another highway.
Lord, Lord, wouldn't I love to never go again
Out of luck and out on another highway.

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1975)

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