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Handsome John - Live
Todd Snider
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I didn't know him as well as I tell everyone I did
Hell, he was nearly 50, and I was only a kid
But even way back in those missing years when he was still just catching on
There was nobody better than handsome John
The next time I saw him, he walked off to paradise
In a way that I would say that I'm still taken for a vice
For with a plain-spoken word and a simple melody
You can see this world with dignity
Oh, boy
Look no further for your real McCoy
Here comes the singing mailman from Maywood, Illinois
Oh, boy
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Well, the last time that I saw him, he danced off to lake Marie
When I realized I was crying out in tears of victory
For with a few still missing and a new one coming on
There was still nobody better than handsome John
Oh, boy
Look no further for your real McCoy
Here comes the singing mailman from Maywood, Illinois
Oh-oh, boy
Oh-oh-oh, boy
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