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Intro  
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When I first met you I was ready to 
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Give up this life of drinking and bumming 
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But all my promises 
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Are a long time a'coming 
 

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When I look at us, sitting on this bus 
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We're still pulling, we're still struggling 
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Waiting for that lucky break 
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But it's a long time a'coming 
 

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Up in the blue beyond, above the great divide 
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Everything can't be wrong 
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Somebody must be getting it right 
 

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Well I'm still me, and I'll never be 
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A slave to any man or woman 
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Someday you'll be proud of me 
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But it?a long time coming 
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A long time a'coming 
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A long time a'coming 
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