The straight life
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1. Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter,
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seeker
of fortunes, connoisseur of great wines.
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Dashing through meadows of
yellow and green,
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trying
to catch the impossible dream,
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leaving
the straight life behi.........nd.
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2. Sometimes my thoughts may find me in Mexico,
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drinking
tequila, going out of my mind.
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Having a ball on a couple of
bob,
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treating
the ladies to corn on the cob
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leaving
the straight life behi.........nd.
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Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear,
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she comes to me softly with
crackers and beer,
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winking and blinking and blowing my
ear,
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running away with my mi.......nd.
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It's great to be in love, I'm not really thinking of
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leaving the straight life behi........nd,
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I'm just playing a game in my mind.
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Do do
do do, do do do do
do, do do do do,
do do do do do,
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3. Once in a while in my mind I go bummin’,
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going
to nowhere, with no worry of time.
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Running along chasing after a
train,
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humming
a song in the sun and the rain,
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leaving
the straight life behi.........nd.
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4. I can just see me on a tropical island,
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riding
the surf and drinking coconut wine.
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Having me fun with golden
girls in the sand,
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chasing
the sun through an innocent land,
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leaving
the straight life behi.........nd.
+ CHORUS
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+ Do do
do do, do do do do
do, do do do do,
do do do do do.
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Pa pa
pa pa, pa pa pa pa
pa, pa pa pa pa,
pa pa pa pa pa ....
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Bobby Goldsboro)