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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>I pulled | <poem>I pulled into Nazareth, I was feeling about half past dead | ||
I just need | I just need a place where I can lay my head | ||
"Hey mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?'' | "Hey mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?'' | ||
He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said | He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said | ||
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I said "Hey Carmen, come on, let's go downtown" | I said "Hey Carmen, come on, let's go downtown" | ||
She said "I gotta go but my friend can stick around" | She said "I gotta go but my friend can stick around" | ||
Take a load off, Fanny | |||
Take a load for free | |||
Take a load off, Fanny | |||
And you put the load right on me | |||
Go down Miss Moses, there's nothing you can say | Go down Miss Moses, there's nothing you can say | ||
It's just old Luke, and Luke's waiting | It's just old Luke, and Luke's waiting for the judgment day | ||
"Well, Luke my friend, what about young Anna-Lee?" | "Well, Luke my friend, what about young Anna-Lee?" | ||
He said "Do me a favor son, won't you stay and keep Anna-Lee company?" | He said "Do me a favor son, won't you stay and keep Anna-Lee company?" | ||
Take a load off, Fanny | |||
Take a load for free | |||
Take a load off, Fanny | |||
And you put the load right on me | |||
Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog | Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog | ||
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He said "That's okay boy, won't you feed him when you can?" | He said "That's okay boy, won't you feed him when you can?" | ||
Take a load off, Fanny | |||
Take a load for free | |||
Take a load off, Fanny | |||
And you put the load right on me | |||
You catch a cannonball now take me on down the line | |||
My bag is sinking low and I do believe it's time | My bag is sinking low and I do believe it's time | ||
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one | To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one | ||
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone | Who sent me here with her regards for everyone | ||
Take a load off, Fanny | |||
Take a load for free | |||
Take a load off, Fanny | |||
And you put the load right on me | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||