by Richard Del Connor, The Hippy Coyote THC, "Dicky Dare"

INTRO:  (

VERSE 1:
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You may not know my true name

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And please don't ask for faith and trust

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Don't worry about my clothes

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For I'm not ashamed

I like me as I am I won't adjust

CHORUS 1:
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I've been a poor man for most all my life

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'though sometimes the going's been rather good

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I may never own my home or have a wife -- but that's alright

I'm a free and restless hungry man

 

CHORUS 1:
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There's a hungry man underneath my clothes

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Hungry for more than food

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My inner feelings I don't always show

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A pauper knows he's always alone

Verse 2:
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So don't try to take advantage

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Cuz I've really got nothing to lose

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I stand by my friends and what I have means a lot to me

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And when I fight I play by my own rules

 

Chorus 2:
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There's a hungry man underneath my clothes

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Hungry for more than food

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My inner feelings I don't always show

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A pauper knows he's always alone

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A pauper knows he's always alone

 

INTRO TO SOLO:

"Ah shove it!"

POWER RIFF:

FLUTE SOLO:

GUITAR SOLO:

POWER RIFF:

 

LAST VERSE:
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You may not know my true name

__
And please don't ask for faith and trust

_
Don't worry about my clothes

_
For I'm not ashamed

I like me as I am I won't adjust

LAST CHORUS:
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I've been a poor man for most all my life

_
'though sometimes the going's been rather good

_
I may never own my home or have a wife -- but that's alright

I'm a free and restless hungry man

 

Written in La Mesa, California 1977, for rock opera, THE PAUPER.

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