One day I went and left my home out in the West
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Said I was headed for the Silver City
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All along the line I was dreaming all the time
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Dreaming of the shining Silver City
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I kissed my love goodbye, said "Honey don't you cry"
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For I'm going to the Silver City
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If you could read my mind you'd know that I'll be fine
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Soon as I do my time in the Silver City
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Two weeks and a day I slowly made my way
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To the gates of the Silver City
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Finally one night I saw the flaming lights
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I had made it to the Silver City
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I honestly believed that I would be received
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With the golden key to the Silver City
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But my first night on the town, bandits knocked me down
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They welcomed me to the Silver City
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Musta been a freak mistake I said as I did wake
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In the gutter of the Silver City
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With a throbbing head I begged for my bread
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Half-smiling as I bled in the Silver City
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Oh, how can there ever be such misery in the streets
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How can it ever be in the Silver City?
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But soon enough I saw how easy it was to fall
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And not be seen at all in the Silver City
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Got caught for a crime I done; Policeman said "Son."
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"Don't you try to run in the Silver City"
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He locked me in his jail. No one to go my bail.
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Oh when can I sail away fron the Silver City?
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Now the moon crys through the bars; my love shines in the stars
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I'm glad that she is far from the Silver City
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If she could read my mind she'd know that I'll be fine
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Soon as I do my time in the Silver City
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(Judge said five to nine in the Silver City)
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Silver City
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Ely Joe |