Topic: SITTIN' ON A CORNER
this song can be heard
with video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yj-MSLpyBA
SITTIN’ ON A CORNER…Steve Boileau
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Two old men sittin’ on a corner, watching the world go by.
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Two old men sittin’ on a corner, stayin’ low and getting’ high.
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These two old guys were always there, whenever I went by,
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Just two old men sittin’ on a corner, watching the world go by.
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Way back when, when they were younger men,
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the world lay at their feet.
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Played in a rock’n’roll band, spit courage, sweat sand,
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With a thumping backdoor beat.
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Like Kieth & Mick, and John & Paul, these two were joined at the hip,
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They smoked and drank, pulled jokes & pranks,
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And were chased by all the chicks.
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They almost got famous, had offers from all around,
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Then one got married, and the other got drunk,
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Pretty soon they both left town.
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Well one went on a western swing, worked rigs & things,
rode horse, drove a truck.
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Married some pig, with a bunch a kids, man she had him by the nuts.
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He got sick of that, said screw this crap, and bought himself a Bar.
Served drinks and woman, did some risky livin’,
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Drove a big, old, black Cadillac car.
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Joined a country band, with a few good hands, almost got famous again.
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But drugs and wives, and cops and time, brought all that to an end.
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Busted, scared and skinny, broke and all alone,
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He heard his Mother was dying, so he decided to go back home.
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Now the other fellow got himself an education,
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with degrees and plaques and things.
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Wore a suit and tie, stopped getting’ high, bought a house,
Had a Knights of Columbus ring.
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Got himself an office, in City Gov’t Square, painted his picket fence white,
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With the Mayor he was tight, and up the corporate ladder he’d stare.
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Well he had a maid to do his dishes, on the side he had a Misses,
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And his wife, she did all the charity balls.
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Till one day he came home, the gardeners’ truck was on the lawn,
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But his clothes were scattered down the hall.
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His wife took him to the cleaners, left him nothing but beans & wieners,
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Took his house and took half his pay.
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He did everything right, now he lays awake at night,
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and asks his god, why he treated him this way.
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Now these two old guys sit on the corner, and watch the world go by.
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They discuss politics & hypocrites, with jaded wrinkled eyes.
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These two lived different lives, but both ended up the same.
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Just sittin’ on a corner, watching the world, hoping that it don’t rain.
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Just two old guys sittin’ on a corner, watching the world go by.
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Two old men sittin’ on the corner, stayin’ low and getting’ high.
