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Intro
Verse 1
Spider John is my name, friend
I'm in between freights and I sure
would be obliged
If you'd share your company
I know this may sound strange to you
But if you wait till the song is sung
and the story is told
You might come to understand
Why I'm old and bent and devil-spent,
runnin' out of time
When I long ago held a royal flush in
my hand
Chorus
Oh, I was a supermarket fool
I was a roll-the-bank stool-pigeon,
robbin' my hometown
I thought I lost my blues
Yes, I thought I paid my dues
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
But here I sit, ol’ Spider John the robber-man
Long, tall, and handsome
Yes, ol’ Spider John with a loaded
hand, takin' ransom
Verse 2
Then one day I met Diamond Lill
She was the sweetest thing, I
declare, that the summer breeze had
ever blown my way
But Lilly she had no idea, of my
illustrious occupation
She thought I was a saint, not a
sinner, gone astray
But you see that word got around and
Lilly left town
I never saw her again
Tossin' and turnin', 'causin' my heart
to grieve
Chorus
Oh, I was a supermarket fool
I was a roll-the-bank stool-pigeon,
robbin' my hometown.
I thought I lost my blues
Yes, I thought I paid my dues
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
But here I sit, ol’ Spider John the robber-man
Long, tall, and handsome
Yes, ol’ Spider John with a loaded
hand, takin' ransom
Verse 3
That is all my story
It's been these thirty years since I
took to the road
To find my precious jewel one
And if you see my Lilly, won't you give
her my regards
Tell her ol’ Spider got tangled in the
black web that he spun
You can tell her ol’ Spider got tangled
the black web that he spun
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