Paul Kelly - To Her Door

to her door ( paul kelly )

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they got married early , never had no money ,
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then when he got laid off , they really hit the skids ,
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he started up his drinking , then they started fighting ,
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he took it pretty badly , she took both the kids ,
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she said : “i’m not standing by , to watch you slowly die ,
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so watch me walking , out the door ,
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out the door , out the door ,
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she said “shove it , jack , you don’t do that to a fxxking girl!”

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she went to her brother’s , got a little bar work ,
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he went to the buttery , he stayed about a year ,
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then he wrote a letter , he said i want to see you ,
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she thought he sounded better , she sent him up the fare ,
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he was riding through the cane , in the pouring rain ,
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on olympic , to her door .
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to her door , to her door , to her door .

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and his heart was singin’ like a low – down guitar

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he came in on a sunday , every muscle aching ,
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walking in slow motion , like he’d just been hit ,
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did they have a future? would he know his children?
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could he make a picture and get them all to fit?
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he was shaking in his seat , riding through the streets ,
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in a silvertop , to her ,
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shaking in his seat , riding through the streets ,
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in a silvertop , to her door .
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to her door , to her door , to her door .

lead break ( again ) , fade by 8th bar :
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