Wharf Rat

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Old man down, 
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Way down down, down by the docks of the city. 
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Blind and dirty, 
Em                                       Asus2 
Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee. 
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I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story. 

My name is August West, 
And I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine. 
More than my wine - 
More than my maker, though he's no friend of mine. 

Everyone said, 
I'd come to no good, I knew I would Pearly, believe them. 
Half of my life, 
I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime, 
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The other half found me stumbling 'round drunk on Burgundy wine 

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But I'll get back      on my feet again someday, 
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The good Lord willin',      if He says I may. 
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I know that the life      I'm livin's no good, 
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I'll get a new start,        live the life I should. 

Break 

Em 
I'll get up and fly away, 
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I'll get up and fly away, fly away. 

Pearly's been true, 
True to me, true to my dyin' day he said, 
I said to him, 
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been." 
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you." 

Got up and wandered, 
Wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around. 
I've got a girl, 
Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me. 
I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me.