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Jimi Hendrix
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Well, I'm lookin' through Harlem
My stomach squeal just a little more
A stagecoach full of feathers and footprints
Pulls up to my soap box door
A lady with a pearl-handled necktie, tied to the driver's fence
Breathes out bourbon and Coke possessed words
Have I seen you somewhere in Hell, or was it just an accident?
Before I could ask, "Was it the east or west side?"
My feet, they howled in pain
The wheels of a bandwagon cut very deep
But not as deep in my mind as the rain
As they pulled away, I could see her words
Stagger and fall on my muddy tent
I picked them up, brushed them off
Just to see what they said
They said
"Come around to my room, with the tooth in the middle"
"And bring along the bottle and a president," mm
Sometimes it's not so easy
Especially when your only friend
Feels and walks, feels and talks like you
And you do the same, just like him
Well, I'm riding through L.A.
On a bicycle built for fools
I've seen one of my old buddies
He say I don't look like I used to do
I say, "Well, some people look like a coin-box"
He said, "Like you ain't got no coins to spare"
I just picked up my pride from underneath the payphone
And combed this breath right out of my hair
Sometimes it's not so easy
Especially when your only friend
Talks, feels, looks like you
And you do just the same as him
I just got out of a Scandinavian jail
And I'm on my way straight to you
But I feel so dizzy, I take a quick look in the mirror
To make sure my friend's here with me too
And you know why I don't drink coffee
So you fill my cup full of sand
But the frozen tea leaves on the bottom
Cherry lipstick around the broken edge
And my coat that you let your dog lay by the fire on
And your cat, he attacks me from his pill-box ledge
I thought you were my friend too
My shadow comes in line before you
And sometimes it's not so easy
Especially when your only friend
Feels, talks, looks like you
And you feel on top just like him
Sometimes it's so hard
Especially when your only friend
Feels, looks, talks just like you
And you feel, talk the same as him
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