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there is an old lady she lives by the sea she brings her laundry out each day
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she sees how all the muscles and the carples on the seashore in the waves slip away
[Chorus]
F C
slip away slip away
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like the muscles and the carples on the seashore in the waves slip away
[Verse]
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there is a tired hobo restin in the sand dunes behind that ladies shack
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he sees how all the dresses and the bedsheets and the panties on the closeline and the wind slip away
[Chorus]
F C
slip away slip away
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like the dresses and the bedsheets and the panties on the closeline and the wind slip away
[Verse]
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old lady was dyin her heart was tired of tryin keep that ocean out
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cause one day the waves will come and wash away and then she will swim on out
[Chorus]
F C
slip away slip away
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cause one day the waves will come and wash away and then she will swim on out
[Verse]
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her dress was the first to be set loose followed by the bed sheets and the panties too the flew
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old lady was struck down by the coldness in her heart she new saw or turned around
[Chorus]
F C
slip away slip away
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struck down by the coldness in her heart she new saw or turned around
[Verse]
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old lady was standin naked by the ocean waiting for the waves to take her in
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old hobo is walking strangly and wearing ladies clothes and waiting for the waves to take him in
[Chorus]
F C
slip away slip away
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old hobo is walking strangly and wearing ladies clothes and waiting for the waves to take him in
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