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Wild Wind Blows
Robert Earl Keen Jr
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WILD WIND BLOWS
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
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Down on Main Street after sundown,
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Good time Charlie, and Wanderin' Bill
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Thought they might hold up, ole' Hoppy's Drive In.
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One got away and one never will.
CHORUS:
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And that's the way it goes around here;
(around here)
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I think everybody knows.
(I guess everybody knows)
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And that's the song I been singin' for years.
(ten years)
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That's the way the wild wind blows.
(wild wind blows)
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Too tall Annie kept her money
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In a Bible she never read.
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They found Lefty, her first ex-husband
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In his new pick-up truck at the bottom of the river bed.
CHORUS
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Luther Martin, he ain�t got nobody.
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Well he sells his papers and buys his wine.
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His great-granddaddy owned half of Main Street.
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Luther�s daddy didn�t have a dime.
CHORUS
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Ain�t no secret Ol� Doc Skinner
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Wrote prescriptions and made lots of friends.
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He could dance like nobody�s business.
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Folks around here, are sure missin� him.