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Upstairs the neighbors are moving in |
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Hammering nails into their beds |
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You can hear them falling in love again |
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Three times this evening |
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While we tried to sleep in bed |
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Jealous of how they were so content |
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Jealous of the money they spent |
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Three times this evening |
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She was born in New Orleans |
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He made his money on Long Island |
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Out of Montauk |
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Sold used cars and paved parking lots |
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They bought a cigarette boat |
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And then they bought a truck |
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To pull move the cigarette boat |
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From lot to lot, lot to lot |
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Oh, but I saw that girl Ruthie |
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She was running through the streets in her bare feet |
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Someone ought to be ashamed |
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Someone ought to |
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Someone ought to be ashamed |
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Their daughter stepped on glass again |
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Her foot bled red as dye |
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Through the floorboards |
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Through the floor, through the floor |
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Through the floorboards |
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You could hear his hand drop |
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They split the estate up |
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It was against the law |
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It was against the law |
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Oh, but I saw that girl Ruthie |
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She was running through the streets in her bare feet |
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Someone ought to be ashamed |
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Someone ought to |
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Someone ought to be ashamed of her |
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But we were dreaming of the plum trees |
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We were just dreaming of getting by |
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Getting by, getting by, getting by |
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We were dreaming of making ends meet |
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We were just dreaming of just getting by |
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Getting by, getting by, getting by |
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I fell in love again tonight |
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My heart bled red as dye through the floorboards |
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Through the floor, through the floor |
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Through the floorboards |
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While they tried to sleep in bed |
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Jealous of how they were so content |
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Jealous of the money they spent |
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Three times this evening |
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Three times this evening |
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Oh, and I saw that girl Ruthie |
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She was running through the streets in her bare feet |
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Someone ought to be ashamed |
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Someone ought to |
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Someone ought to be ashamed of her |
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But we were dreaming of the plum trees |
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We were just dreaming of getting by |
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Oh we were dreaming of making ends meet |
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Oh we were just dreaming of just getting by |
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Getting by, getting by, getting by |
