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[Verse]
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    Oh how they cried when they big man died
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They spilled buckets out their eyes 
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Plain white faces and plain grey stone
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He took that line of cocaine up his nose 

[Chorus]
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Sing for that big man baby 
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Down by the river and the railroad tracks 
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Baby ain't happy that he's gone 
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But that won't bring him back to life now 

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[Transition to Verse]
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When he went down there was a trembling pull
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And they came far and wide to the funeral 
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When the people showed up they were broken willed 
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They drank all day and they popped pills.

[Chorus]
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Sing for that big man baby 
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Down by the river and the railroad tracks 
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Baby ain't happy that he's gone 
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But that won't bring him back to life now 

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[Transition to Verse]
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Bones buried young Bones buried deep
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Bones that won't shake now lay to sleep
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And he looks down Oh he looks up
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He was a good man that was enough 

[Chorus] x2
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Sing for that big man baby 
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Down by the river and the railroad tracks 
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Baby ain't happy that he's gone 
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But that won't bring him back to life now