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Coattails of a Dead Man

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Well he wasn't looking for fanfare or fame But it all came around just the same He then met a girl with desire in her eye He gave her love, she took his name The times they were good The times they were bad Most times it was just in between The heart Billie swallowed Was the times that they had She put on display for all to be seen Some find their solace in work or the Lord She was quite content in her greed When his eyes they burned from the bright limelight He found comfort in the bottle of your Jimmy Beam One day from the depths of his deep darkened hole He reached out for something to feel She offered back nothing but lack of respect So he let himself out with two barrels of steel She cried in the day She cried in the night She cried loudest when someone was near Whether crying for him or she cried for herself The bigger the camera the bigger the tear Now most folks agree she was living a hell And publicly she showed her pain And never once was there a thought for herself And the ever growing slices of fortune and fame On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high