The Week of Living Dangerously

Steve Earle

NC
Well I got outa work and I headed for 

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the neighborhood beer joint

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I sat around and had a beer with the boys like I always do

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Well I didn't have nothin' to say well there aint no point

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There's something about a Monday that always makes me blue

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Well it was way after dark

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so I knew the wife and kids were waitin'

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And I guess I took a left where I generally take a right

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Well I filled 'er up with gas

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And checked the oil at the Texaco station

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I threw the car seat in the dumpster

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And headed out into the night

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Woooo-ooo-oo-oo Blue Mood

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There's something about a Monday that always makes me blue

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Well I headed south on 35 hell bent for vinyl

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I hadn't never had her up past 55 before

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Well somethin' 'bout that little 

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red line always looked so final

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Buddy you'd be surprised how fast a Chevrolet truck can go 

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Now, down in Mexico they've 

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got a little place called Boystown

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Where a man's still a man 

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if you know what I'm talkin' about

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Well, I walked into the Cadillac bar 

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and I laid my cash down 

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I said there's plenty more where that came from

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and the lights went out 

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Well I woke up in a county jail 'cross the line in Laredo

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With a headache and a deputy staring at me through the door

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Well he said Now how you got across 

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that river alive, I don't know

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But your wife just made your bail 

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so now you're really dead for sure
 
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Now my wife, she called my boss and cried 

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so I got my job back

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And the boys down at the plant, 

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they whisper and stare at me

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Yea well my wife can find a lot of little jobs 

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to keep me on the right track 

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Well, but that's a small price to pay 

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for a week of living dangerously 
  
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Yeah-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-wee 

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That's a small price to pay for a week of living dangerously

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