This Life I'm Livin'-Memphis Slim

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[ar:Memphis Slim]
[al:The Bluebird Recordings 1940 - 1941]
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[00:00.00]This Life I'm Livin' - Memphis Slim
[00:14.88]I remember way back in nineteen and twenty-nine
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[00:20.17]I had plenty woman then money
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[00:22.66]But I very much short in mind
[00:24.48]But if I could just go back
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[00:28.40]And start my life brand new
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[00:35.37]Well well I would control myself more better
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[00:38.79]Woo well well I would know just what to do
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[00:47.59]Used to spend a hundred dollars just to have a big name
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[00:58.39]I used to spend a hundred dollars just to have a big name
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[01:07.80]Well well if my woman asked me for ten dollars
[01:11.10]Woo well well I'd give her twenty and say
[01:13.39]"Keep the change"
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[01:18.97]Now people used to be so nice to me
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[01:21.87]I often wondered why
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[01:25.08]But now it's just"Hello Slim"
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[01:27.06]As they keep walkin' by
[01:29.26]But If I could just go back
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[01:33.06]And start my life brand new
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[01:39.70]Well well I would control myself more better
[01:42.89]Woo well well because I know just what to do
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[02:00.96]Yes yes yes yes
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[02:05.64]Every tempoly tree
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[02:21.57]In those days I had plenty to loan or either give
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[02:31.95]Now in those days I had plenty to loan or either give
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[02:41.76]Well well but now things are a lot different
[02:44.76]Woo well well from the life that I used to live