Joe Purdy – Brand New Set Of Wings (Ukulele)

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Mama was calling, but I couldn't answer

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I had a dog in the car, had a dog in my hands

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I was walking with these worn-out shoes

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I tripped over Charlie and I hit the grass

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I was coming up running, I was coming up fast

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But he beat me, just a-howling at the door

Cm         Ab
Oh Sally, don't get down

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'Cause I been looking all over town

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For a brand new set of wings for you

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For a brand new set of wings for you
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Well I'm back in the house, bang my head on a wall

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Yeah and Charlie's still laughing about watching me fall

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I say "Charlie, now what's the big idea?"

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I'm back in my room just packing my bags

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And I'm thinking November, about the time we've had

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Just walking out by a stone wall
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I'm gonna get a ticket, gonna get on a plane

          Eb              Ab
Tell that pilot, take me so far away

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So I can call you up, say I miss you like a fool

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Yeah but you don't put me down, you don't treat me bad

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Say you understand about this problem I have

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Well sometimes, I know you still wonder
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Yeah got held up in Paris, caught smoking on a train

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If you ain't got your papers gonna get you detained

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Don't believe me I've got the photographs to prove it

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You should've seen the look on the old man's face

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When the police threatened to haul him away

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You know he was scared, but it was also kind of funny
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Yeah well I can't sleep at night, can't awake in the day

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And we got these guitars, got so much to say

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But no time, no energy to say it

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Yeah when you still walk in the park there ain't nobody there

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There's a calm in the trees there's a cool in the air

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And it's boring, but I found it kind of soothing

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Yeah in a couple of months when the leaves turn green

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When the seasons change, when the bird sings

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Gonna grab you up, gonna take you here for good

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Yes and we'll walk by the river most every single day

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And we'll eat our dinner where the tourists play

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You know the city's old but it never seems to get tired
(chorus)