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JUST CALL ME JOE





1) I SAW SOMETHING THAT MADE ME SAD

A YOUNG WOMEN WALKING ON THE STREET

NO SHE WAS'NT IN A MINI OR HIGH HEELED SHOES

SHE HELD A SIGN

AND SOMETIMES LAID IT AT HER FEET

SIGN SAID SINGLE MOM,WITH NO WORK

CAN'T MAKE RENT THEIR GONNA KICK ME OUT

SO I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

AND OUT THE WINDOW, HAD MY LITTLE BOY SHOUT

SHE CAUGHT UP AND TOLD US SOME THINGS

ABOUT HER LIFE ON THIS SINKING SHIP

THREE KIDS AND A MAN AND THE MAN JUST LEFT

IN HER HAND WAS A CRUMPLED PINK SLIP



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WHEN YOU HEAR THE CRASHING THUNDER

IS THERE A ROOF OVER TOP OF YOUR HEAD

DID YOU EVER STOP TO WONDER

HOW A CURB CAN BE SOMEBODY'S BED



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JUST CALL ME JOE

MY NAME I DONT WANNA KNOW

I HAVE TO LIVE THIS WAY

SO DON'T YOU WALK AWAY

ALL I NEED IS A START

SO WON'T YOU OPEN YOUR HEART

CUZ YOU NEVER KNOW

SOMEDAY PEOPLE MIGHT, BE CALLING YOU JOE



2) A MAN IN SEATTLE GAVE ME A DIME

HE SAID HERE'S A NICKEL TOO

I HAVE'NT HAD A SMOKE FOR A LONG LONG TIME

CAN I BUY A CIGARETTE FROM YOU

HE TOLD ME SOME STORIES ABOUT VIET NAM

AND WHY HE IS WHO HE IS TODAY

HE SAID LIFE TO ME IS SUCH A STRUGGLE

I WISH IT ALL WOULD GO AWAY



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3) ONE MANS LOWEST POINT OF DOUBT

WAS A SOUP LINE AN HOUR OR MORE

HE WAS STARVING AND THEY RAN OUT

LAST MEAL WAS THREE DAYS OR FOUR

COULD'NT GET ARRESTED, HIS ONLY FRIEND

WAS A LITTLE MOUSE IN A HOLE

OR THE STRANGER LYING NEXT TO HIM

CROWDED WITH ANOTHER LOST SOUL

MY LIFE I FELT SLIPPING AWAY

BUT THEN I SAW THIS GLIMMER OF LIGHT

GET ME OUT OF HERE I PRAYED

AND HE SAVED MY LIFE THAT NIGHT



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WHEN YOU HEAR THE CRASHING THUNDER

IS THERE A ROOF OVER TOP OF YOUR HEAD

DID YOU EVER STOP TO WONDER

HOW A CURB CAN BE SOMEBODY'S BED



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JUST CALL ME JOE

MY NAME I DONT WANNA KNOW

I HAVE TO LIVE THIS WAY

SO DON'T YOU WALK AWAY

ALL I NEED IS A START

SO WON'T YOU OPEN YOUR HEART

CUZ YOU NEVER KNOW

SOMEDAY PEOPLE MIGHT, BE CALLING YOU JOE



4) NO ONE WAS IN THE SOUP LINE

I GOT MY STRENGTH YOU KNOW

SO IF YOU EVER CARRY A SIGN

REMEMBER I'M A FORMER JOE

BUT NOW HE'S PLAYING A DIFFERENT ROLE

HE HAS A WIFE, KIDS, BUSINESS AND A HOUSE

BUT WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS IN CONTROL

HIS ONLY FRIEND WAS A LITTLE MOUSE

BUT HE NEVER GAVE UP

HE TOOK A STAND

AND STOPPED LIVING IN THE EYE

IF JOE DID IT, ANYBODY CAN....

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TRY



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