The Week of Living Dangerously
Steve Earle
NC
Well I got outa work and I headed for
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the neighborhood beer joint
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I sat around and had a beer with the boys like I always do
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Well I didn't have nothin' to say well there aint no point
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There's something about a Monday that always makes me blue
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Well it was way after dark
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so I knew the wife and kids were waitin'
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And I guess I took a left where I generally take a right
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Well I filled 'er up with gas
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And checked the oil at the Texaco station
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I threw the car seat in the dumpster
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And headed out into the night
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Woooo-ooo-oo-oo Blue Mood
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There's something about a Monday that always makes me blue
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Well I headed south on 35 hell bent for vinyl
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I hadn't never had her up past 55 before
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Well somethin' 'bout that little
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red line always looked so final
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Buddy you'd be surprised how fast a Chevrolet truck can go
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Now, down in Mexico they've
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got a little place called Boystown
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Where a man's still a man
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if you know what I'm talkin' about
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Well, I walked into the Cadillac bar
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and I laid my cash down
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I said there's plenty more where that came from
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and the lights went out
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Instrumental break
E E A A E E A A D D A A E E A A
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Well I woke up in a county jail 'cross the line in Laredo
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With a headache and a deputy staring at me through the door
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Well he said Now how you got across
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that river alive, I don't know
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But your wife just made your bail
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so now you're really dead for sure
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Now my wife, she called my boss and cried
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so I got my job back
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And the boys down at the plant,
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they whisper and stare at me
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Yea well my wife can find a lot of little jobs
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to keep me on the right track
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Well, but that's a small price to pay
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for a week of living dangerously
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Yeah-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-wee
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That's a small price to pay for a week of living dangerously
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