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Penn St. - Jack Straw
Grateful Dead
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We can share the women
We can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours
'Cause we done shared all of mine
Keep a rolling
Just a mile to go
Keep on rolling, my old buddy
You're moving much too slow
I just jumped the watchman
Right outside the fence
Took his ring, four bucks in change
Now ain't that heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen
Man, it burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon
Might as well be me
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We used to play for silver
Now we play for life
One's for sport and one's for blood
At the point of a knife
Now the die is shaken
Now the die must fall
There ain't a winner in this game
You don't go home with all
Not with all
Leaving Texas
Fourth day of July
Sun so hot, the clouds so low
The eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning
Out of Santa Fe
The great Northern out of Cheyenne
From sea to shining sea
Gotta go to Tulsa
First train we can ride
Got to settle one old score
And one small point of pride
Ain't no place a man can hide, Shannon
Well, keep him from the sun
Ain't no bed will give us rest, man
You keep us on the run
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Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
Dug for him a shallow grave
And laid his body down
Half a mile from Tucson
By the morning light
One man gone and another to go
My old buddy, you're moving much too slow
We can share the women
We can share the wine
Okay, now everybody's gotta take a step back
So right now we are gonna play America's favorite fun game
Take a step back
Now when I tell you the word, you take a step back
Right? Right
So on the count of three, everybody take just a little step back
Then we are going to do it a few more times, okay
One, two, three, take a step back
One, two, three, another step back
One, two, three, step back
One, two, three, another step back
One, two, three, step back, right
Now everybody can breathe, right?
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