Came up on a worried man, asked him if he had a light.
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He reached on down, dug in his shoe, figured in his sock he might.
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He asked if he could come and join, at what we was partakin' in.
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I says,"Ol' soul if you got a match, you also got yourself a friend".
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The smoke drew hard but laid in good, the neon gave us extra shine.
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We passed around a flask of Knockando, and a half litre bottle of wine.
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The worried man dropped down to his knees, and let out with a somber groan.
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He looked up to me and when I asked, he said,"I'm just restin' my bones".
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I looked down at him, and him up at me, then a smile rose above his chin.
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He grabbed me by the arm and pulled me down, said," Listen to me now my friend".
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When I was your age I did it all, more than many men could do,
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now my possessions are the ones I wear on my back, and this lighter I keep in my shoe.
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That's why I'm restin' my bones.
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I'm restin' my bones for the times I fell, fell and hit myself on the ground.
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Restin' my bones for the loneliness, of being the only genius around.
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I'm restin' my bones for prosperity, in hopes that it'll do me some good.
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I'm restin' bones from amphetamines, see they turned teeth to balsa wood.
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I'm restin' bones for Johnny Cash, 'cause for me and mine he's wearin' black.
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I'll be restin' my bones for Elvis, I seen him last week at the track.
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If I'm restin' bones and you come along, just try and tippy toe on by.
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'cause when I'm restin' bones I hope to sleep, and maybe slip away and die.
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