When Things Unravel
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Reverend Royal, Foggy eyes of California
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The sun sleeps in the ditches too lazy to burn it off
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With a name like Smokey Bill Long, just lucky like Errol,
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At the rodeo you spend most of your time in the dirt
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Staring at the seesaw face of Cornelia Williams
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Staring back at you with a look that says she’s gonna leave
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Out there on the flat land, trying to lasso the dog
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With your bob and weave smiling at you with your yellow teeth
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When things unravel she’ll be there with the needle
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It’s plain to see why there’s two kinds of laughter in the world
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I’ve heard of robbin’ the cradle, never heard of robbin’ the grave
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Things will unravel my darlin’ you can count the days
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Trying to cross with the traffic light today
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Fell in the gravel that’s all normal now
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Dressed in Amarillo to match your red eyes
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A painful contrast the owner and the wife
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Everyone knows there’s no humor in suicide
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Everyone laughs when they don’t know and wish you right by
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Everyone knows there’s no humor in suicide
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Everyone laughs when they don’t know and pass you right by
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