WHEN UNCLE BILL QUIT DOPE

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Well Uncle Bill was my Mothers Brother, 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, sitting against a tree.
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His eyes bugged out in a cocaine stare, And his mind in a cocaine dream.
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Well one fall day when Uncle Bill was having a cocaine fit,
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He said Louise this coke's no good and I've made up my mind to quit.
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Now you take this key and I'll go upstairs and then you lock the door,
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And Lord I swear I wont come down, till I don't want dope no more.

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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 wont forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.


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Well for the first few hours we heard not a sound, upstairs was quiet and still.
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and then all of a sudden we heard a shriek of pain from Uncle Bill.
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He bounced out of bed and across the room, I heard him break a chair.
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And then another scream louder than the first as he ripped out a hunk of his hair.
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My Mother kissed us all that night, as brother and I lay in bed.
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We wondered if poor old Uncle Bill was dieing or already dead 
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But all night long we listened to him as he raved pleaded and called.
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And I swear I heard his finger nails tearing the paper off the walls.   Chorus:


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After fourteen days and nights of hell, it grew quiet over head.
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And I peered past mother, as she unlocked the door expecting to find him dead.
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But to my surprise there was Uncle Bill, as shiny as a brand new dollar.
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His hair was combed and his beard was gone, he'd grown two inches taller. 
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In his old blue suite and his patterned shoes, he was quite a sight to see. 
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The light was back in his deep blue eyes, he turned to mother and me. 
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He said Louise I've been through hell and I nearly went insane. 
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But I finally beat the devils habit, I beat the demon cocaine. Chorus: