Thank Me Now

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He was fighting on his work 
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Til the government got word 
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That the California dirt was made of gold 

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Not an ocean sounded better 
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Than getting rich beyond all measure 
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So he set out for some treasure of his own 

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And on the way he met a stranger 
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Who took him part way as a favor 
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Told him you can thank me later for the ride 

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But it got the man to thinkin 
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Just before he went to leavin 
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That theyd never meet again if things went right 

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So he gave that kindly stranger this goodbye 

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I better thank you now 
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I better thank you now 
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It seems to be the kind of thing that I forget about 
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A couple thousand miles til I can finally turn around 

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And if Im never back again I better thank you now 
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Oh my, I better thank you now 

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The wind was hot, the sun was scorchin 
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As he followed fame and fortune 
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In a land that felt so foreign from his own 

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And at a fork he met a lady 
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Sittin cool beneath a shade tree 
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And he asked her for the way that he should go 

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She stood and smiled and showed him down the road 

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Before he had to leave he let her know 

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He said I better thank you now 
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I better thank you now 
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It seems to be the kind of thing that I forget about 
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A couple thousand miles til I can finally turn around 

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And if Im never back again I better thank you now 
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Oh my, I better thank you now 

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Well the sun was nearly setting 
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And he shoulda gone already 
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Suddenly his boots felt heavy as the day 

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So they sat and talked for hours 
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Til the dew shone on the flowers 
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And he realized somehow he had to stay 


So they met under the tree 
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Spent many days and many weeks 
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Til he tried to speak the words inside his head 

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And if I found a golden city 
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And all the treasure I took with me 
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Left me richer than the living and the dead 
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Oh Id trade it for a day with you instead 

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She smiled at him and this is what she said 

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You better thank me now 
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You better thank me now 
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Seems the kind of thing that you forget about 
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I love you til the sun meets with the moon 
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And flickers out 

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Im putting up with you til then you better thank me now 
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Oh my, you better thank me now 

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