The Thing

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The Thing Lyrics

[00:10.80] While I was walkin' down the beach
[00:12.75] One bright and sunny day
[00:15.54] I saw a great big wooden box
[00:17.35] A-floatin' in the bay
[00:19.27] I pulled it in and opened it up
[00:20.17] And much to my surprise
[00:22.84] Oh, I discovered a...
[00:24.77] Right before my eyes
[00:26.57] Oh, I discovered a...
[00:28.48] Right before my eyes
[00:30.23] I picked it up and ran to town
[00:32.13] As happy as a king
[00:33.98] I took it to a guy I knew
[00:35.86] Who'd buy most anything
[00:37.62] But this is what he hollered at me
[00:39.48] As I walked in his shop
[00:41.32] "Oh, get out of here with that...
[00:43.26] Before I call a cop"
[00:45.00] "Oh, get out of here with that...
[00:46.97] Before I call a cop"
[00:48.73] I turned around and got right out
[00:50.66] A-runnin' for my life
[00:52.46] And then I took it home with me
[00:54.31] To give it to my wife
[00:57.09] But this is what she hollered at me
[00:58.93] As I walked in the door
[00:59.82] "Oh, get out of here with that...
[01:02.67] And don't come back no more"
[01:03.52] "Oh, get out of here with that...
[01:05.33] And don't come back no more"
[01:14.54] I wandered all around the town
[01:16.43] Until I chanced to meet
[01:18.29] A hobo who was lookin' for
[01:20.09] A handout on the street
[01:21.99] He said he'd take most any old thing
[01:23.86] He was a desperate man
[01:25.76] But when I showed him the...
[01:28.43] He turned around and ran
[01:29.34] Oh, when I showed him the...
[01:31.24] He turned around and ran
[01:34.02] I wandered on for many years
[01:35.97] A victim of my fate
[01:37.78] Until one day I came upon
[01:38.60] St Peter at the gate
[01:40.54] And when I tried to take it inside
[01:43.30] He told me where to go
[01:44.27] Get out of here with that...
[01:47.06] And take it down below
[01:48.87] Oh, get out of here with that...
[01:50.77] And take it down below
[01:52.53] The moral of this story is
[01:55.30] If you're out on the beach
[01:57.13] And you should see a great big box
[01:59.90] And it's within your reach
[02:01.72] Don't ever stop and open it up
[02:04.53] That's my advice to you
[02:08.15] 'Cause you'll never get rid of the...
[02:10.94] No matter what you do
[02:12.81] Oh, you'll never get rid of the...
[02:14.66] No matter what you do
[02:16.49]

From the album: Pure... '50s

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