Gill Landry

Poor Boy

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Poor boy ain't got no home
Walking a junkyard of machines and bones
Pocket full of mumbles and a mouth full of moans
Got a book of matches and a box of dreams
Got a book of matches and a box of dreams
Burn my hope trade the smoke for some railroad steam
Gone to Savannah on the Gulf Coast line
Gone to Savannah on the Gulf Coast line
Take the blame change my name
Leave this low down old bought and sold town behind
Poor boy ain't got no home
Walking a junkyard of machines and bones
Pocket full of nothing and a mouth full of moans

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thrilliam On Jul 18, 2007

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Thrilliam

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2007-07-18 03:21:47

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