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The Big Muddy

Bruce Springsteen

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The Big Muddy

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Billy had a mistress down on 'A' and 12thShe was that little somethin' that he did for himselfHis own little secret didn't hurt nobodyCome the afternoon he'd take her wadin'Waist deep in the big muddyWaist deep in the big muddyYou start out standing but end up crawlin'Got in some trouble and needed a hand from a friend of mineThis old friend he had a figure in mindIt was nothing illegal just a little bit funnyHe said "C'mon don't tell me that the rich don't knowSooner or later it all comes down to money"And you're waist deep in the big muddyWaist deep in the big muddyYou start on higher ground but end up crawlin'Well I had a friend said "You watch what you doPoison snake bites you and you're poison too"*How beautiful the river flows and the birds they singBut you and I we're messier thingsThere ain't no one leavin' this world buddyWithout their shirttail dirtyOr their hands bloodyWaist deep in the big muddyWaist deep in the big muddyYou start on higher ground but end up somehow crawlin'Waist deep in the big muddy
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