| Upstairs the neighbors are moving in
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| Hammering nails into their beds
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| You can hear them falling in love again
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| Three times this evening
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| While we tried to sleep in bed
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| Jealous of how they were so content
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| Jealous of the money they spent
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| Three times this evening
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| She was born in New Orleans
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| He made his money on Long Island
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| Out of Montauk
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| Sold used cars and paved parking lots
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| They bought a cigarette boat
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| And then they bought a truck
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| To pull move the cigarette boat
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| From lot to lot, lot to lot
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| Oh, but I saw that girl Ruthie
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| She was running through the streets in her bare feet
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| Someone ought to be ashamed
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| Someone ought to
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| Someone ought to be ashamed
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| Their daughter stepped on glass again
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| Her foot bled red as dye
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| Through the floorboards
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| Through the floor, through the floor
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| Through the floorboards
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| You could hear his hand drop
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| They split the estate up
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| It was against the law
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| It was against the law
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| Oh, but I saw that girl Ruthie
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| She was running through the streets in her bare feet
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| Someone ought to be ashamed
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| Someone ought to
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| Someone ought to be ashamed of her
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| But we were dreaming of the plum trees
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| We were just dreaming of getting by
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| Getting by, getting by, getting by
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| We were dreaming of making ends meet
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| We were just dreaming of just getting by
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| Getting by, getting by, getting by
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| I fell in love again tonight
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| My heart bled red as dye through the floorboards
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| Through the floor, through the floor
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| Through the floorboards
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| While they tried to sleep in bed
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| Jealous of how they were so content
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| Jealous of the money they spent
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| Three times this evening
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| Three times this evening
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| Oh, and I saw that girl Ruthie
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| She was running through the streets in her bare feet
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| Someone ought to be ashamed
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| Someone ought to
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| Someone ought to be ashamed of her
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| But we were dreaming of the plum trees
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| We were just dreaming of getting by
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| Oh we were dreaming of making ends meet
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| Oh we were just dreaming of just getting by
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| Getting by, getting by, getting by |