John Gorka – The Ballad Of Jamie Bee (Guitar)

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Jamie ran aground out in Ohio

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Wife left for the great unknown

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He says he's gonna take to the high road

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And she will find a place alone

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He said he just could not make her happy

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That he never tried so hard before

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He'd wake up first and make the coffee

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Now the mornings were like war

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There's a barroom for every way the wind blows

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And a harness for every mother's son

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You pull your own weight or else it pulls you

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And it gets harder the longer that you run

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Jamie's from the last great breed of roadmen

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Woody, Jack and Kerouac and such

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But here was a woman he would die for

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Beauty no road could ever touch

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The town was nearly famous for the glassworks

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The factory where they made hoods for the Klan

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There's a football hall-of-famer in the phonebook

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There's only trouble for an empty man

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'Cause there's a barroom for every way the wind blows

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And temptation in every substance known

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You pull your own weight or else it pulls you

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It gets harder the older that you've grown

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At home in the Harley-ridden pool-halls

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Guess it's best they never had those kids

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Closer to the outlaws than the in-laws

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'Said Jamie's heart don't break, but I know it did

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They said Jamie's heart don't break, but I know it did

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He will find some refuge in his music

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And a long shot that they will reconcile

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The meantime is a mean time and he knows it

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'Til the day he's back up on the pile

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Now there's headlights heading from Ohio

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And there's teardrops saltier than rain

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There's taillights to tell a tale still tender

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And a cold wind blowing through the night

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There's a cold wind blowing through tonight