TO HER DOOR (Paul Kelly)
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They got married early, never had no money,
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Then when he got laid off, they really hit the skids,
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He started up his drinking, then they started fighting,
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He took it pretty badly, she took both the kids,
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She said: "I'm not standing by, to watch you slowly die,
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So watch me walking, out the door,
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Out the door, out the door,
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She said "Shove it, Jack, you don't do that to a fucking girl!"
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She went to her brother's, got a little bar work,
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He went to the buttery, he stayed about a year,
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Then he wrote a letter, he said I want to see you,
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She thought he sounded better, she sent him up the fare,
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He was riding through the cane, in the pouring rain,
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On Olympic, to her door.
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To her door, to her door, to her door.
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And his heart was singin' like a low-down guitar
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He came in on a Sunday, every muscle aching,
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Walking in slow motion, like he'd just been hit,
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Did they have a future? Would he know his children?
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Could he make a picture and get them all to fit?
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He was shaking in his seat, riding through the streets,
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In a silvertop, to her,
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Shaking in his seat, riding through the streets,
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In a silvertop, to her door.
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To her door, to her door, to her door.
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:Charted by Bustopher the Busker - bustopher@bigpond.com
