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San Fredo Blues

Big Bill the Texan
got his start on the range
shooting chickens with buckshot
folks say he never changed
he pulled out of San Fredo
with a stolen Mack
picked up three lady hoodlums
and he never looked back.
By nightfall he was past Kansas
then they camped near the Black Hills
picked up some costumes along the way
cleaned out a couple tills
ladies were Sara, Jane and Velvet
Velvet dated an ex-con
soon Bill and her got together on a
Minnesota lawn.

(chorus)
So long old San Fredo
no more running from the law
we're going up to Canada
where the beer is good
and the neighbourhoods got
doors that they don't lock.

Friday they hit the border
and found a city where they could hang
spent a couple grand in a casino
where hillbillies sang
Sara and Jane went hunting for a couple
tills to rob
Bill and Velvet spent their last two dimes
looking for a job
Bill's Mack truck was empty
and his stomach grumbled hard
he sent Velvet conning
bogus checks and debit cards
soon they had 600 so they bought a lot of blow
Sarah and Jane hit the hotel late with another grand for dope.

(chorus)

Sold the pot all week to put gas in the big Mack
but Bill couldn't climb into his truck his lungs were full of crack.
The girls went out hustling along Ellice street all night
figured they'd stay in town another month
'cause this town was alright
they never heard a siren from an undercover shout
they must've made 10 grand just messing about
Big Bill the Texan well he loved his brand new town
he didn't have to pay off anyone
he was safe and sound.

(chorus)

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from Dance Dance Rain Rain (2000), released December 31, 2000

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