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Correct The Ballad Of Ronnie Buttons Lyrics
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Correct The Ballad Of Ronnie Buttons
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Deep down in Virginia, there was born a child To a lovely widow, sensitive but wild He grew up meek and mellow The girls all called him cute He watched his mother's murder, it left him dumb & mute He drifted up to Richmond, in his hand: his father's hat A colt revolver hidden in his trench coat, worn and black There he met a porter, late to catch a train He shot him for a quarter, he stole his ticket and his name Then he rode into Manhattan, 14th street A folded photo in his pocket of the man he came to meet There a man sat strumming, a rusty steel guitar Picking out a love song, about a lady and her car "I know why you're here", the old man sang in time "Your old lady is no longer, and you've pinned me for the crime Before I am dispatched, there's something I gotta say Your momma tried to trade you for a brand new chevrolet So I stabbed her in the heart, and I thought you were asleep And when I saw your eyes were open, I knew you'd never speak I couldn't leave you thinking you were made to give away So I left you with a photo, and here you stand today" "That tune you heard me played, that song was just for you I've been waiting 20 years, so do what you gotta do" A watch was slowly set in the eerie pregnant pause The man had took his family, but left him with a cause And as the daylight faded, stretching warming over the floor They hummed the tune together, and outside the engines roared
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