Nanci Griffith – Ballad Of Robin Winter-Smith (Guitar)

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Mamma's in the kitchen rattlin' pans and the baby cries,

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on the TV news, somebody died

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He was a crazy biker in a motorcycle ridin' daredevil show,

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in Merry England, oh, twenty seven years old

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He was tryin' to break the record,

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for jumpin' over cars, he was the champ

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He fell a little bit short oh, hit the ramp

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This is the story, sad and it's gory of Robin Winter-Smith

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He was a very brave man if you get my drift

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'Cause he waved to the crowd, headed down the runway like

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a man possessed, Robin Winter-Smith, I guess he did his best

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I make a livin' a-playin' these songs and I hang out in bars

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I play my guitar, oh but honey, I don't jump over cars

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Mamma's in the kitchen rattlin' pans and the baby cries,

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on the TV news, somebody died

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He was a crazy biker in a motorcycle ridin' daredevil show,

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in Merry England, oh, twenty seven years old