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The Big Finish

from Bloodline by Wampeters

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I knew a girl who was new to the city
and she knew she'd never live on the streets
with legs like those
she'd never beg like those
miscreants out on the beats

the message that she left with her daddy
as she boarded the Greyhound north
was "I never want to see
the likes of you near me
so long as I walk this Earth"

and she did what she had to do
did what she came there to

she had a window on the west side
it looked out on the sunset sky
and night after night
the big finish beckoned

opportunity knocks in the city
and it pays not to worry which kind
so she did odd jobs
for the ticker tape slobs
she went ahead and made up her mind

she did what she had to do
did what she came there to

but the big finish never came
day after day
it was more of the same
she left the curtains drawn all day
her window was a world away
then one day she walked out
and caught the next Greyhound south

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from Bloodline, released September 1, 1993
©1993, 2021 Wampus Multimedia. Words and music by Mark Doyon (ASCAP/WMM Songs).

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