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  • Hollis Brown
  • He lived on the outside of town
  • Hollis Brown
  • He lived on the outside of town
  • With his wife and five children
  • And his cabin brokin' down.
  • You looked for work and money
  • And you walked a rugged mile
  • You looked for work and money
  • And you walked a rugged mile
  • Your children are so hungry
  • That they don't know how to smile.
  • Your baby's eyes look crazy
  • They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve
  • Your baby's eyes look crazy
  • They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve
  • You walk the floor and wonder why
  • With every breath you breathe.
  • The rats have got your flour
  • Bad blood it got your mare
  • The rats have got your flour
  • Bad blood it got your mare
  • If there's anyone that knows
  • Is there anyone that cares?
  • You prayed to the Lord above
  • Oh please send you a friend
  • You prayed to the Lord above
  • Oh please send you a friend
  • Your empty pocket tell you
  • That you ain't a-got no friend.
  • Your babies are crying louder now
  • It's pounding on your brain
  • Your babies are crying louder now
  • It's pounding on your brain
  • Your wife's screams are stabbin' you
  • Like the dirty drivin' rain.
  • Your grass is turning black
  • There's no water in your well
  • Your grass is turning black
  • There's no water in your well
  • Your spent your last lone dollar
  • On seven shotgun shells.
  • Way out in the wilderness
  • A cold coyote calls
  • Way out in the wilderness
  • A cold coyote calls
  • Your eyes fix on the shortgun
  • That's hangin' on the wall.
  • Your brain is a-bleedin'
  • And your legs can't seem to stand
  • Your brain is a-bleedin'
  • And your legs can't seem to stand
  • Your eyes fix on the shortgun
  • That you're holdin' in your hand.
  • There's seven breezes a-blowin'
  • All around the cabin door
  • There's seven breezes a-blowin'
  • All around the cabin door
  • Seven shots ring out
  • Like the ocean's pounding roar.
  • There's seven people dead
  • On a south Dakota farm
  • There's seven people dead
  • On a south Dakota farm
  • Somewhere in the distance
  • There's seven new people born.

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