[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Smoking a Viceroy Filter King
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The greatest of men that God's ever seen
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Well I got kinda thirsty
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I stepped into the bar
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The bar down on Fourth and Broadway
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There goes sweet Nonny
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Don't let her get too far
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Well, Lord help me, Jesus, send Nonny my way
[Verse 2]
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Smoking a Viceroy Filter King
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The greatest of men that God's ever seen
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I sat down by an old man
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And he talked and he cried
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About the things he had done in his youth
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I said, "You got me going, sir
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You're tellin' me a lie"
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He said, "I swear on my sweet mother's bones it's the truth"
[Verse 3]
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He was smoking a Viceroy Filter King
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The greatest of men that God's ever seen
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He said, "I ain't a catholic
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I ain't a protestant, I ain't a jew
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But you know sweet Jesus, he died
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He died for my sins and he'll die for yours, too"
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He was smoking a viceroy filter king
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The greatest of men that God's ever seen
[Coda]
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Smoking a viceroy filter king
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The greatest of men that God's ever seen
[Outro]
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