From: Trey Graves
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Dreadful Selfish Crime
by Robert Earl Keen
on the album Gringo Honeymoon
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>From Trey Graves ( trey@silly.tamu.edu )
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Seems like yesterday I was here
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Dreamin` my life away and drinkin` beer
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Staying up till dawn strummin` on guitars
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Sleepin` all day long just like the big rock stars
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Barely livin` on money from tip jars
I had a little place just up the block
Had me a French girlfriend I loved the way she talked
We spent our afternoons watchin` the TV
Findin` things to do that we could do for free
When we split up she said you don`t do enough for me
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I am guilty of a dreadful selfish crime
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I had robbed myself of all my precious time
Had my first gig here in the neighborhood
We had a little band I thought was good
Hocked my old shotgun bought a used P.A.
We got a quart of rum drank it all that day
When the big gig come we were just to drunk to play
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Sometimes I can`t believe those days are gone
Most of my friends back then have moved along
One`s in Hollywood one`s a millionaire
Some are gone for good some still livin` here
Me I`m just the same lost in a crowd
Lookin` for the rain in a thunder cloud
I have moved around but it don`t matter though
One thing I have found there are just two ways to go
It all comes down to livin` fast or dyin` slow
Chorus
Chorus
Seems like yesterday, just like yesterday