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The Big Muddy - Bruce Springsteen
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Billy had a mistress down on A and 12th
She was that little somethin' that he did for himself
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His own little secret didn't hurt nobody
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Come the afternoon he'd take her wadin'
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Waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
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You start out standing but end up crawlin' sonny
Got in some trouble and needed a hand from a friend of mine
This old friend he had a figure in mind
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It was nothing illegal just a little bit funny
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He said, "C'mon don't tell me that the rich don't know sonny
Sooner or later it ll comes down to money."
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And you're waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
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You start on higher ground but end up crawlin' sonny
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Well I had a friend sid, "You watch what you do
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Poison snake bites you and you're poison too"
How beautiful the river flows and the birds they sing
But you and I we're messier things
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There ain't no one leavin' this world buddy
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Without their shirttail dirty
Or their hands bloody
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Waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
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You start on higher ground but end up somehow crawlin' sonny
Waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
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