Status Quo - Backwater

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Down at Backwater junction rolling down the line
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In the dark early morning I heard the one-forty-nine
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I was walking down the highway, needed somewhere to go
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Lady laid beside me and she invited me home
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She led me cold, tired and hungry down the backwater road

[Verse 2]
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In a house on the corner looking over the track
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I woke up with a fever and a pain in my back
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She was lying there beside me, my fever started to grow
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Had a funny feeling but the lady said no
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My lover needs a doctor down the Backwater Road

[Interlude]
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[Bridge]
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Whatcha lookin’ for, whatcha lookin’ for
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Lady do you know what you’re lookin’ for
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Was I wrong to play along?
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Lady was I right or lady was I wrong?

[Guitar Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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Backwater doctor, you’ve got me breathing in time
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It’s ten-thirty in the morning and I’m feeling alright
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I went back to my lady but I wasn’t to know
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Lady left this morning and she’s not coming home
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I was cold when she left me down the Backwater Road