East Side of Sorrow

[Primeira Parte]
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Eighteen years old, full of hate, they
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Shipped me off in a motorcade
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They said boy you're gonna fight a war
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And you don't even know what you're
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Fighting for
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I lost friends in the August heat, and
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At night it was God I'd always meet
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I said Lord, won't you bring me home, I
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Got women in the west I wanna hold

[Segunda Parte]
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I lost you in a waiting room, after
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Sleeping there for a week or two
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Doctor said he did all he could, you
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Were the last thing I had that was
Good
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So I walked miles on the Tulsa street
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Lights started beaming in from the east
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6 A.m. and fucked up again, asking God
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Where the hell he'd been
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[Refrão]
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He said the sun's gonna rise tomorrow
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Somewhere on the east side of sorrow
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Better pack your bags west, stick out
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Your chest and then hit the road

[Próxima Parte]
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The sun's gonna rise tomorrow, somewhere
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On the east side of sorrow
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Don't give it a reason to follow, let it
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Be then let it go
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Let it be... then let it go

[Terceira Parte]
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Heard your brother lost his mind in the
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City last fall, was it his blood, or his
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Conscience, or the alcohol?
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Did the Navy do him well or did he wind
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Up sick, like every other brave boy from
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These run down sticks?
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Do you ever get tired of singin' songs
Like all your pain is just another
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Fuckin' sing along?
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If you ever get the time come on home, I
Heard Turnpike's back together and
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They're writin' songs

[Refrão]
[Próxima Parte]
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[Solo]
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