Spoken Diaglogue:
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'Hey Walter, we need some cigarettes
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lets go ahead and get a pack'
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'Okay'
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Storekeeper Spoken:
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'Hello boys, what can I do for you?'
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'I'll have a pack of cigarettes'
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'Alright, here you are'
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'Be 3 cents more, though'
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(both spoken)
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'What's that for?'
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'Sales tax, haven't you ever heard of sales tax?'
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'I sho' haven't'
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'What's gonna happen next, man?'
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'You know they gotta law here they call 'sale tax'.
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'Sale tax, what is that for?'
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'Thats 3 cent tax on ev'ra thing that's sold
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They say that's the government rule'
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'The governments rule?'
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'Well, there's a-lotsa things sold that the government
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knows anything about.'
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'An I'll just sing a little song about these sales tax.'
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(Song begins)
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These times now, ain't through to me
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Pony carts spend a dollar three
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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The sales tax is on it
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Ev'rywhere you go
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Olan Marshall live behind the jails
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A sign on the wall sayin, 'Liquor for Sale'
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You know the sales tax is on it
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Ev'rywhere you go
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I've never seen the likes
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Since I've been born
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The women's got sales tax
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On their stuff at home
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Oh, sales tax is on it
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Ev'rywhere you go
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'You know these sales tax is a pain'
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(instrumental)
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You used-a could buy for a dollar a round
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Now sales tax is on it all over town
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Oh, sales tax is on it
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Ev'rywhere you go
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I'm as lovin' now, as a woman can be
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The stuff I've got'll cost ya a dollar and three
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Oh, sales tax is on it
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Ev'rywhere you go
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Now, you may take me to be a fool
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Ev'rything is sold by the government's rule
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Oh, you know the sales tax is on it
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Oh, sales tax is on it
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Oh, the sales tax is on it
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Ev'rywhere you go.
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Sales Tax
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Mississippi Sheiks |