The Backroom

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Down by the Hunter where the coal-trucks roll
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And the billboards tell ya where to save your soul
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There's another place, does a better job by far
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When the moonlight hammers on the railway bridge
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And the whole world's lookin' for a beverage
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And you ain't got nothin', nothin' in the boot a the car
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Time for the backroom at Dougie and Gleny Rae's tikki bar


[Verse 2]

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When the coal-trucks settle up and down the line
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You can wake up thinking that it's '89
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But there's another sound, thicker than a Bolivar
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You can hear it pumping out the roll-a-door
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Walnut piano on a wooden floor
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Backbeat drummer, Roy on a slide guitar
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Coming from the backroom at Dougie and Gleny Rae's tikki bar


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[Verse 3]

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When the high tide's suckin' at the old sea wall
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And the full moon's lookin' like a mirror ball
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Bigger than Elvis, hotter than a speedway star
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With a wet pay packet on a midnight hand
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They say you can win a mariachi band
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You can lose a girl, quicker than a coup de grace
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In the backroom at Dougie and Gleny Rae's tikki bar


[Verse 4]

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Talk about the backroom (Dougie and Gleny Rae's)
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B-b-b-backroom (Dougie and Gleny Rae's)
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Yeah it’s the backroom (Dougie and Gleny Rae's)
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B-b-b-backroom (Dougie and Gleny Rae's)
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Oh yeah the backroom (Dougie and Gleny Rae's)
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Oh in the backroom (Dougie and Gleny Rae's)


[Solo]

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[Verse 5]

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I said haul that mother, haul that son
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Haul that rubber to the end of a run
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That ain't got ridden since between the wars
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All hidden from the liquor laws
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Down by the Hunter where the coal-trucks roll
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And the billboards tell ya where to save your soul
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There's another place, does a better job by far
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That's the backroom (at Dougie and Gleny Rae's
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It’s the backroom (Dougie and Gleny Rae's)
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It’s the backroom (Dougie and Gleny Rae's)
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It’s the backroom (Dougie and Gleny Rae's)


[Solo]

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