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Ballad of Spider John

spider john is my name friend

I'm in between freights and I sure would be obliged

If you'd share your company

I'm on my way to nowhere been running from my past

running from the things i used to bee

I know this may sound strange to you

But if you wait till the song is sung and the story is told

You might come to understand

Oh, I'm old and bent and devil sent, runnin' out of time

When I long ago held a royal flush in my handChorus:

Oh, I was a supermarket fool

I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon, robbin' my hometown

I thought I lost my blues,

yes I thought I paid my dues

I thought I'd found a life to suit my style

But here I sit old spider john the robber-man

Long, tall, and handsome

Yes, old spider john with a loaded hand, takin' ransomThen one day I met diamond lill

She was the sweetest thing, I declareThat the summer breeze had ever blown my way

But lilly she had no idea, of my illustrious occupation

She thought I was a saint, not a sinner, gone astray

Spider he loved his lilly so much he could not confess his sins

For he knew if he did lilly would surely take her leave

But you know that the word got around and lilly left town

And he never saw her again

Tossin' and turnin', 'causin' my heart to grieveChorus:

Oh, I was a supermarket fool

I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon,

robbin' my hometown

I thought I lost my blues, yes I thought I paid my dues

I thought I'd found a life to suit my styleAnd I was spider john the robber-man

Long, tall, and handsome

Yes, I was spider john with a loaded hand, takin' ransomThat is all my story

It's been these thirty years since I took to the road

To find my precious jewel one

And if you see my lilly, won't you give her my regards

Tell her ole spider got tangled in the black web that he spun

You can tell her that spider got tangled the black web that he spun

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