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Charlie Peacock
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That's the Way They Came to Us
The man he came with an accent, the lady came with a frown That's the way they came to us, we did not try to change them The man he was a talker, the lady closed her eyes She would not be a party to another string of lies Every word he spoke had the ring of Bombay And the truth kept to the shadows, 'til she heard the swindler say
If you loan me your horses and one thousand in cash I swear on the name of Rama I will pay you back I will be in San Francisco for a month, maybe two Collecting on a debt, then I will return to you
The lady came alive right then, the man he rattled on That's the way they came to us, we did not try to change them The lady pulled a butter knife, from the silver drawer She sliced his Adam's apple and eased him to the floor Then the lady spoke, in careful, measured tones A daughter of the British Crown, a long, long way from home
If you loan me a horse and five hundred in cash I swear on the name of Jesus I will pay you back I will be in San Francisco for a month, maybe two Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Collecting on a debt then I will return to you
My father took a seat while my mother wiped up blood He pondered on the quandary and the violence that was done He bowed his head and closed his eyes, then he prayed a spell Might a helped, couldn't hurt, sorta hard to tell Then my father spoke, he was calm like the moon You could hear his stomach rumble, already half past noon
I will loan you a horse and four hundred in cash I swear on the name of Jesus you will pay me back I will be in San Francisco in one month, but not two Collecting on this loan I'm about to make to you And if you are not there with cash money in hand You better hope you're on a ship to your far away land
That's the way they came to us That's the way they came to us That's the way they came to us
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