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The Big Muddy - Bruce Springsteen 



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Billy had a mistress down on A and 12th



She was that little somethin' that he did for himself

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His own little secret didn't hurt nobody

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Come the afternoon he'd take her wadin'



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Waist deep in the big muddy



Waist deep in the big muddy

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You start out standing but end up crawlin' sonny





Got in some trouble and needed a hand from a friend of mine



This old friend he had a figure in mind

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It was nothing illegal just a little bit funny

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He said, "C'mon don't tell me that the rich don't know sonny



Sooner or later it ll comes down to money."



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And you're waist deep in the big muddy



Waist deep in the big muddy

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You start on higher ground but end up crawlin' sonny



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Well I had a friend sid, "You watch what you do

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Poison snake bites you and you're poison too"



How beautiful the river flows and the birds they sing



But you and I we're messier things

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There ain't no one leavin' this world buddy

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Without their shirttail dirty



Or their hands bloody



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Waist deep in  the big muddy



Waist deep in the big muddy

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You start on higher ground but end up somehow crawlin' sonny



Waist deep in the big muddy



Waist deep in the big muddy



Waist deep in the big muddy







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