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Election Day

by Blaze Foley

on Sittin' by the Road (2010), Live at the Austin Outhouse (1999)

Hey Mr. Policeman, please don't take my stuff
It cost me too much money, and it probably ain't enough
To get me through Election Day
Didn't I hear you say
That it's alright, it's alright, it's alright?
Wouldn't even pay a thing, it's hardly worth your time
My luck's been bad, the telephone just kept my only dime
And it might be a burden to me
Why don't you just go and see
If it'll be alright, be alright, be alright?
Hey Mr. Policeman, please don't take my stuff
It cost me too much money, and it probably ain't enough
To get me through Election Day
Didn't I hear you say
That it's alright, it's alright, it's alright?