Johnny Cash — Tom C
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Well, Uncle Bill was my Mothers Brother,
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tall lanky man
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But somewhere back in Uncle Bill's life, he took to sniffing cocaine.
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I'd find him out in the back yard,
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sitting against a tree.
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His eyes bugged out in a cocaine stare,
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and his mind in a cocaine dream.
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Well, one fall day when Uncle Bill was
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having a cocaine fit,
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He said Louise, this coke's no good
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and I've made up my mind to quit.
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Now you take this key and I'll go upstairs and
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then you lock the door,
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and Lord I swear I won't come down,
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till I don't want dope no more.
[Chorus]
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Well, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.
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When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
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He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
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As long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.
[Verse]
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Well, for the first few hours we heard not a sound,
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upstairs was quiet and still.
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And then all of a sudden we heard a shriek of
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pain from Uncle Bill.
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He bounced out of bed and across the room,
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I heard him break a chair.
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And then another scream louder than the first as he
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ripped out a hunk of his hair.
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My Mother kissed us all that night,
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as brother and I lay in bed.
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We wondered if poor old Uncle Bill was
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dying or already dead.
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But all night long we listened to him as he
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raved, pleaded and called.
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And I swear I heard his fingernails tearing the
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paper off the walls.
[Chorus]
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Well, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.
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When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
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He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
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As long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.
[Verse]
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After fourteen days and nights of hell, it
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grew quiet overhead.
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And I peered past mother, as she unlocked the door
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expecting to find him dead.
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But to my surprise there was Uncle Bill, as
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shiny as a brand new dollar.
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His hair was combed and his beard was gone,
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he'd grown two inches taller.
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In his old blue suite and his patterned shoes, he was
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quite a sight to see.
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The light was back in his deep blue eyes, he
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turned to mother and me.
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He said Louise I've been through hell and I
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nearly went insane.
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But I finally beat the devils habit, I
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beat the demon cocaine.
[Chorus]
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Well, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.
[Am] [Em] [Dm] [G]
When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
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He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
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As long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.
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As long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.