MR.LINCOLN
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MR.LONCOLN I WISH YOU WERE HERE
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THE REPUBLIC'S CHANGED ALOT IN A HUNDRED YEARS
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AND I DONT THINK IT'S WORKING LIKE YOU PLANNED
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OH MR.LINCOLN WE COULD USE A HAND
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I JUST READ THE HEADLINES IN THE NASHVILLE NEWS
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AND I WISH I HAD MADE THIS UP BUT I'M AFRAID IT'S TRUE
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CAUSE A MAN WAS MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY IN THE STREET
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HE WAS TAKIN HIS WIFE TO A NICE PALCE TO EAT
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WHEN THEY COUGHT THE MAN HE DONE TWENTY THREE MONTHS OF TIME
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HE PLEAD INSAINITY LIKE THEY DO NOW ALL THE TIME
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SIR WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IN 1859
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NOW IF YOU SHOOT SOMEONE SIR YOU CAN GET OFF SCOTT FREE
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OHH IT'S THE LATEST THING MR.LINCOLN CAN YOU BELIEVE
D A G
NOW THEY SUE THE MANUFACTURES OF THE GUNS
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AINT THE LAW CHANGED ALOT SINCE 1861
CHORAS
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MR.LINCOLN I WISH YOU WERE HERE
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CAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED ALOT IN A HUNDRED YEARS
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AND I DONT THINK IT'S WORKING OUT LIKE YOU PLANNED
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HEY MR.LINCOLN WE SURE COULD USE A HAND
2ND VERSE
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I JUST HEARD THE NEWS STORY ON THE RADIO
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THEY LET DANGEROUS MEN OUT OF PRISONS NOW YES SIR I'M AFRAID IT'S SO
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CAUSE THERE OVERCROWDED AND IT WAS ONLY HIS FITH OFFENCE
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YEAH AND THIS TIME HE'S KILLED SOMEONE DOES THAT MAKE ANY SCENSE
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NOW MY LAWYER CALLED ME ABOUT A NUCENSE CASE
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CAUSE EVRYBODY SUES OVER ANY LITTLE THING THESE DAYS
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WELL ATLEAST WERE RIGHT ALL WE GOTTA DO IS TELL THE TRUTH
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HE SAID YOUR LIVING IN THE PAST YOU ROMANTIC FOOL
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I SAID YOU GOT THAT RIGHT I LEAN TWORD THE OLDER WAYS
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AND THERE'S DAMN FEW BACK WOODS LAWYERS LEFT TODAY
REPEAT CHORAS AND TAG OUT
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