| I went down 31st Street, now
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| Just to buy me a drink of alcohol, honey
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| I went down 31st Street, now
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| Just to buy me a drink of alcohol, now
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| I told the old man to cut it half full a-water
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| But that old man, y’know, didn’t-a put any drop at all in
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| So, I’m drinkin' mine straight alley can
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| See, an I went jus' staggerin' on down the street, now
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| I drinkin' my straight alley can, now
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| So I went jus' staggerin' down the street, now
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| Now but my head got so heavy
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| My eyes couldn’t even give a-peepin', now
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| Alright, Lacey
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| My baby tells me, 'Papa, Papa'
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| She says, 'Sonny Boy, you know you ain’t no good at all now'
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| My baby tell me, 'Papa, Papa' now
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| She says 'Sonny Boy, you know you ain’t no good at all'
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| She says, 'The reason you don’t make me happy
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| Because you drink too much of this old alcohol now'
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| I said, 'But baby won’t you go ridin' now
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| Oh, can I take you ridin' in my car now?'
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| I said, 'But baby won’t you go ridin' now
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| Can I take you ridin' wit me in my car now?'
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| She said, 'But I’m scared you gonna drink alcohol
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| Says, Sonny Boy, then we wouldn’t ride very far |