New Amsterdams — My Old Man Had A Pistol

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My old man had a pistol
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Never carried around
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Never taught me to use it, yeah
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No blood on the ground

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Images of a family
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Somewhere deep in the South
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Wished that girl taking pictures, yeah
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Drag me out

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Stand inside
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Knees fall to the ground
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I pray take me far away
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From everything that I am

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Must have lost all my memories
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Must have blacked 'em all out
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Thank god for the pictures, yeah
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Didn't burn in the house

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Stand inside
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Knees fall to the ground
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I pray take me far away
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From everything that I am

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Escape is the only way out
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Escape is the only way out
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Escape is the only way out
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Only way out

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