Paul the Lion Poems

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1.
Sweet Country Girl And I

My eyes first caught her across the street
She looked like someone I'd fancy to meet
She was wearing a long violet dress
But I was rugged and my hair was a mess
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2.
Please Love Me

What I have now is the blues
For here there's no woman for me to choose
Sure, there's plenty of pretty girls around
But they're all so easy I have found
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3.
Price I Pay, The

The price I pay
for the things I say
is exactly what I deserve
I can't believe I had the nerve
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4.
Girl In The Castro

You
Grateful Dead hat
Me
feeling lonely
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5.
Ballad Of Joe And Rhonda, The

From the deserts down in Oklahoma
Comes the story of Joe and his woman Rhonda
Joe was a tough cowboy who'd never admit
that he could enjoy life if he saw to it
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6.
Country Folks' Lament

I been livin' on milk and bread
I save the eggs so the children are fed
I hold my head high so my wife don't see
What these hard times been doin' to me
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7.
Old Glory

Old Glory, O how you have changed

You were born a symbol of revolution
So righteously respected and divine
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8.
Eulogy Of A Blues Master

No music,
not reggae, not punk and certainly not rap,
is more hip, more with it,
than the blues
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9.
Loser Song, The

Walking down an empty street
With cowboy boots on your feet
You wish for someone whom you could meet
And stay with forever
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10.
One Drunkard's Blues

Lonely nights which seem sublime
Can lead to broken hearts over time
So I'll sit here and continue drinkin'
To lessen the agitation of me thinkin'
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