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And I'd sing "Red River Valley" 
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And he'd sit in the kitchen and cry 
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Run his fingers thru seventy years of livin' 
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Wonderin' Lord is every well I drilled ran dry 
 
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We were friends, me and that old Man 
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Like desperados waiting for the train 
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Like desperados waiting for the train 
 
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He's a drifter and a driller of oil wells 
And an old school man of the world 
Taught me how to drive his car when he's too drunk to 
And he'd wink and give me money for the girls 
 
And our lives were like some old western movie 
Like desperados waiting for the train 
Like desperados waiting for the train 
 
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From the time I could walk he'd take me with him 
To a place called the Green Frog Cafe 
And there was old men with beer guts and dominos  
Lyin' 'bout their lives while they played 
 
And I was just a kid that they all called a sidekick 
Like desperadoes waiting for the train 
Like desperados waiting for the train 
 
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And I looked up and he was pushin 80 
And there was brown tobacco stains all down his chin 
To me he's one of the heroes of this country 
So why is he all dressed up like some old man 
 
Drinkin' beer and playin' moon in '42 
Like desperados waiting for the train 
Like desperados waiting for the train 
 
Day before he died I went to see him 
I was grown and he was almost gone 
We just closed our eyes and dreamt us up a kitchen 
And sang another verse to that old song 
 
Don't cry Jack, it's only Jesus comin' 
Like desperados waiting for the train 
Like desperados waiting for the train 
Like desperados waiting for the train