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Livingston Taylor

In My Reply

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Matthew was a country boy until one day he found
that cheating folks was easier than plowing daddy's ground.
He left his farm in O-hio bound for Chicago town;
He crossed Big Jim and turned his back, prostate a bullet laid him down.
And as he lay there dying he begged, shop "Will I see my O-hio?
In my reply I lied a bit and said I did not know.

Jim McCall was meek and small and to become a man
he'd have to buildhimself up tall with fancy folks and land.
He threw some stones at honest friends and got himself these things;
his children left him and ne sneered, buy cialis "That's what my kindness brings."
And in the South End he got lost and asked me where to go.
In my reply I lied a bit and said I did not know.

And lazy Susan called me up, she'd heard I stole the show.
In my reply I lied a bit and said I did not know.
In my reply I lied a bit and said I did not know.