| Well, I was there to buy a pistol
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| She was there to hauck her ring
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| The broker in the pawnshop
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| Deals in almost anything
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| He’ll pay you for your misery
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| Or he’ll sell you someone’s pain
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| And that twinkle in his greedy eye
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| Says your loss will be his gain
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| She stood back in the shadows
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| As the broker dealt with me
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| Her eyes were dark and desperate
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| From some private misery
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| His words were so prophetic
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| When he said you got a steal
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| I said throw in one bullet
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| And you got yourself a deal
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| Oh, a Saturday night special
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| Is an easy thing to buy
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| All you got to be is twenty-one
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| Or fifteen if you lie
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| Just hand the man money
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| And if some ones gotta die
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| The broker in the pawnshop
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| Won’t even blink an eye
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| Well, he handed me the pistol
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| And I was almost to the door
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| When I heard him tell the lady
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| Seven dollars nothing more
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| The lady started crying
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| As he took her wedding band
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| Well, my hand was in my pocket
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| And the gun was in my hand
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| I was gonna use that bullet
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| To end my life
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| I was once somebody’s husband
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| She was once somebody’s wife
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| Well, I usually mind my business
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| But I could not walk away
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| His dollars just weren’t making sense
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| And I knew I had to stay
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| Well, the broker’s face turned pasty
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| When he caught my icy stare
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| It would never leave my pocket
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| But he knew the gun was there
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| I asked him what his life was worth
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| And he opened up that drawer
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| For a simple golden wedding band
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| He paid $ 2000 more
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| That Saturday night was special
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| Even though it wasn’t planned
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| As we walked down the sidewalk
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| She reached and took my hand
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| We crossed the bridge and I took that gun
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| And sailed it through the air
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| I said, «Ever been to Texas?»
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| She said, «I think I’d love it there.»
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| Oh, a Saturday night special
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| Is an easy thing to buy
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| All you got to be is twenty-one
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| Or fifteen if you lie
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| But there’s a pawnshop in the city
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| That used to deal in everything
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| Ha, but you can’t buy a pistol there
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| You can’t hawk your wedding ring… |