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Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)

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Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) Lyrics

I went down one day
I went down to see a gypsy woman just one
Day, yes I did
I wanna find out
What's wrong with me and my baby
We ain't been getting down like we used to do
I mean it's pretty good now
But there was a time when it didn't work out
Too well
I went down to see this gypsy woman, you
Understand
And I told her my story
I told her what was going on
And she turned to me and she said
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you gotta have
Just a touch, that's all you gotta have
Just a touch of mojo hand
And it feels pretty good

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by Cortez, The Killer

20y ago

this song is really called Caution (Do not stop on tracks).

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by nysh

19y ago

I always thought the title was a reference to Neal Cassady, but I don't really see how the song relates to him, so I must be wrong about that.

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