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FCome to the door, Ma, and unlockF the chaiFn
I was just passin' through and got caught in the rFain
There's nothin' I want, nothin' that you need sFay
Just let me lie down for a while and I'll Gbe on my wFay
I was no moFre than a kid when you put me on the FSouthern FQueen
With the police on my back I fled to New OrleFans
I fought in the dockyards and with the money I mFade
I knew the fight was my home and bGlood was my trFade
FBaton Rouge, Poncitoula, and FLafayette Ftown
Well they paid me their money, Ma, I knocked the men dFown
I did what I did well it come easilFy
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Restraint and mercy, Ma, were always strangers to me
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I fought cFhampion Jack Thompson in a Ffield full of Fmud
Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our bFlood
In the twelfth I slipped my tongue over my broken jFaw
I stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the flFoor
Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept oFn
'Till I felt my glove leather slip 'tweGen his skin and bFone
Then the wFomen and the money came fast and the Fdays I lost Ftrack
The women red, the money green, but the numbers were blFack
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bFets
I took my good share, Ma, I hGave no regreFts
Then I took the fFix at the state armory with Fbig John McFDowell
From high in the rafters I watched myself Ffall
As he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went Fblack
I stuffed my bag with their good money and I nGever looked baFck
UndersFtand, in the end, Ma, every man plays the gFame
If you know me one different then sGpeak out his naFme
MFa if my voice now you don't recognize
Then just opFen the door and look inGto your dark eyFes
I aFsk of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile,
Just oFpen the door and let me lie dGown for a whFile
Now the gFray rain's fallin' and my ring Ffightin's Fdone
So in the work fields and alleys I take all who'll cFome
If you're a better man than me then just step to the lFine
Show me your money and speak out your cFrime
Now there's nothin' I want, Ma, nothin' that you need sFay
Just let me lie down for a while and I'll Gbe on my wFay
TonigFht in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt
I move to the center and I take off my sFhirt
I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain, Man, nor time can eFrase
I move hard to the left and I Gstrike to theF faceF