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Picked up on my phone in Houston 
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Everybody answered, 
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everybody answered but they won't say why 
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Then this dancer grabbed me down by the bus stop
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And she said I'm takin' you with me to the Texas Rose cafe 

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I got a fast car, it's a jaguar, and I'll get you to the plane on time 
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Drinkin' Lone Star, play guitar, we'll have a real good time 

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I said love to be found in Austin, 
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Love to be found in Austin town, 
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I replied that I would try, but you see my time is not my own 

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'Cause when I was just a big time (shotgun) low ball fool 
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My friend Leroy came to me 
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He said look out your window 
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Does the first man you see look like me? 
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I'm sooooore  I'm sooooore
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displeased 

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Since that time I changed my mind 
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About the things I'm up to 
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Yet the things around me stay just the same 
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'Cause outside my hotel window is a sign that turns from red to green 
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It says chop suey and join the U.S. Marines