Parker

[Intro ]
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[Verso 1]
 
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Lovely Lula was the youngest of the Parkers, 
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Kneading dough in the kitchen when there came a holler 
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A man stood there wearing a derby and a stiff collar 
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Pa cried, Let him in that's your brother, Robert Parker. 
 


[Refrão]
 
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Chasing the quiet life down in Argentina but the past would never fade 
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Three souls caught in a cycle, turning love to disarray 
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She left for her own reasons, the Kid and Parker had parted ways 
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Like a gunfire melody, a friendship went astray 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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He took a chair, ate some blueberry pie, 
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Eyes heavy and dark with shame, All I done is wreck my life 
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He spoke of his lost friends and of Etta who got away 
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Their lives lost in secrets, there would be hell to pay 
 


[Refrão]
 
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Chasing the quiet life down in Argentina but the past would never fade 
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Three souls caught in a cycle, turning love to disarray 
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Etta left for her own reasons, the Kid and Parker had parted ways 
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Like a gunfire melody, a friendship went astray 
 


[Verso 3]
 
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A man named Butch, or Robert if you're kin 
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Had gone to Argentina thinkin' ranching could shed his sin 
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Etta had to smile at the idea, Sundance grinned like a kid 
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But robbing was the life he knew, not learning a new gig 
 


[Verso 4]
 
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Their friendship strained to breaking 
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She had longed for change 
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The Kid and Parker fought their urges 
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But back to robbing they'd remain 
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In sadness.... Etta boarded a train 
 


[Refrão]
 
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Chasing the quiet life down in Argentina but the past would never fade 
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Three souls caught in a cycle, turning love to disarray 
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She left for her own reasons, the Kid and Parker had parted ways 
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Like a gunfire melody, a friendship went astray 
 


[Verso 5]
 
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Josie Basset heard the knock on her cabin door 
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They arrived late at night, friendly ghosts she had known before 
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Parker and Elsie stood there, lost spirits from a distant lore 
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Butch Cassidy was no more 
 


[Verso 6]
 
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Sundance, Butch and Etta had hit the trail alone 
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Decisions made in the South took the friendship they'd always knows 
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Parker home at last, he let his legend turn to stone 
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He drove off slowly into the west, finally freeeee but forever alone 
 


[Refrão]
 
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Chasing the quiet life down in Argentina but the past would never fade 
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Three souls caught in a cycle, turning love to disarray 
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Etta left for her own reasons, the Kid and Parker had parted ways 
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Like a gunfire melody, a friendship went astray 
 

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