Gimme Three Steps

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I was cutting the rug down at a place called the jug
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With a girl named Linda Lu
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When in walked a man, with a gun in his hand
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he was looking for you know who.
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He said "Hey there fellow with the hair coloured yellow,
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    watcha tryin' to proove?
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Cuz' this is my woman there and I'm a man who cares
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and this might be all for you"
(I said "excuse me!")

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I was scared and fearing for my life
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shaking like a leaf on a tree
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Cuz' he was lean and mean and big and bad, Lord,
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pointing that gun at me
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I said "wait a minute mister, I didn't even kiss her,
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    don't want no trouble with you
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and I know you don't owe me but I wish you would let me
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ask one favour from you:

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Say won't you Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister,
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gimme 3 steps toward the door?
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Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister

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and you'll never see me no more."

(Guitar solo)

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O well the crowd cleared away and I began to pray
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and the water fell down to the floor
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and I'm telling you, son, it ain't no fun,
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staring straight down a fourty-four.
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Well, he turned and screamed at Linda Lou,
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and that's the break I was looking for
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and you could hear me screaming a mile away
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as I was headed out toward the door.

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Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister,
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gimme 3 steps toward the door?
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Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister
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and you'll never see me no more."

( I'm gonna get the hell out of Dodge)

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