The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – The Route That I Took (Guitar)

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Without really knowing I took all the wrong routes

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The misguided monster in the Doc Marten boots

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In the wrong directions against all of the grains

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Got off at all the wrong stops, back on to all the wrong trains

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When holy hell just broke loose, to cut it out shut it down

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There was the substance abuse running rampant through town

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And when the trouble I had at the back door of the Channel

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A steady headache and a handful it was...

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Too hard to handle,  Too hard to handle

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Time I took a good look at the route that I took

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Without a drop of the sense that God had gave to a stone

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But in my own self defense well I was not all alone

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I had the partners and colleagues and the cohorts in crime

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Heaven sent to me hell bent to be one hell of a time

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There was a swift sudden shift and way to many went south

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The deadly God given gift to junkies I kept my mouth shut

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While I made up my mind I had some choices to make

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Should I leave Hell far behind me just...

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For Heaven's sake,  For Heaven's sake

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I just took a good look at the route that I took

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    I took them all,     can you recall

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    the concert hall down at the Bradford Ballroom

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I was tripping pretty hard I had dropped what I had copped down on the Boulevard

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Without suggesting to you the routes I took were never wrong

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I took a look and still I took and somehow I stayed strong

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And I just stayed on the course with very few deviations

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One of two situations some other odd altercations

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And when my days were too dark well I had something to sell

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I am the carnival barker with some stories to tell

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There'll be apologies made at every fork and each bend

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And I'm so glad that I stayed and I will...

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Stay till the end,  Stay till the end

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Glad I took a good look at the route that I took

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Stay till the end,  Stay till the end

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Glad I took a good look at the route that I took