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Starkville City Jail

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Starkville City Jail

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1  Well, I left my motel room, down at the Starkville Motel   Well, I left my motel room, down at the Starkville Motel, 1
2  The town had gone to sleep and I was feelin' fairly well   The town had gone to sleep and I was feelin' fairly well. 2
3  I strolled along the sidewalk 'neath the sweet magnolia trees   I strolled along the sidewalk 'neath the sweet magnolia trees; 3
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4  I was whistlin', pickin' flowers, swayin' in the southern breeze   I was whistlin', pickin' flowers, swayin' in the southern breeze. 4
5  I found myself surrounded, one policeman said, "That's him   I found myself surrounded; one policeman said: "That's him. 5
6  Come along, wild flower child, don't you know that it's 2 a.m."   Come along, wild flower child. Don't you know that it's two a.m." 6
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7  They're bound to get you   They're bound to get you. 7
8  'Cause they got a curfew   'Cause they got a curfew. 8
9  And you go to the Starkville City Jail   And you go to the Starkville City jail. 9
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10  Well, they threw me in the car and started driving into town   Well, they threw me in the car and started driving into town; 10
11  I said, "What the hell did I do?" And he said, "Shut up and sit down"   I said: "What the hell did I do?" He said:        "Shut up and sit down." 11
4  Well, they emptied out my pockets, took my pills and guitar picks   4
12                                                                                   Well, they emptied out my pockets, took my pills and guitar picks. 12
13  I said "Wait, my name is" "Awe, shut up" Well, I sure was in a fix   I said: "Wait, my name is..." "Awe shut up." Well, I sure was in a fix. 13
5  The sergeant put me in a cell, then he went home for the night   5
14  I said "Come back here, you so and so, I ain't bein' treated right"   The sergeant put me in a cell, then he went home for the night; 14
15                                                                                        I said: "Come back here, you so and so; I ain't bein' treated right." 15
6  Well, they're bound to get you   6
16  'Cause                                       they got a curfew   Well, they're bound to get you, cause they got a curfew, 16
17  And you go to the Starkville City Jail   And you go to the Starkville City Jail. 17
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18  I started pacin' back and forth and now and then, I'd yell   I started pacin' back and forth, and now and then I'd yell, 18
19  And kick my forty dollar shoes against the steel door of my cell   And kick my forty dollar shoes against the steel floor of my cell. 19
20  I'd walk awhile and kick awhile and all night nobody came   I'd walk awhile and kick awhile, and all night nobody came. 20
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21  Then I sadly remembered,       they didn't even take my name   Then I sadly remembered that they didn't even take my name. 21
22  At 8 a.m., they let me out, I said, "Gimme them things of mine!"   At 8 a.m. they let me out. I said: "Gimme them things of mine!" 22
23  They gave me a sneer and a guitar pick and a yellow dandelion   They gave me a sneer and a guitar pick, and a yellow dandelion. 23
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24  They're bound to get you                                  They're bound to get you, 'cause they got a curfew, 24
25  'Cause they got a curfew                            And you go to the Starkville City Jail. 25
10  And you go to the Starkville City Jail   10
11  And you go to the Starkville City Jail   11
      


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