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The Last Pharaoh

  • gibsongirl
    • 45 posts
     
    September 20, 2015 4:43 PM PDT

    I’m looking for the last, the last pharaoh

    When night falls on the land

    I’m looking for the last, the last pharaoh

    I’m gonna lay him down if I can

     

    I thought I heard that big, that big Kate Adams

    I thought I heard a whistle blow

    I thought I heard that big, that big Kate Adams

    Puffing down to Mexico

     

    Chorus

     

    I don’t need a chicken, a chicken in the pot

    Or a woman in my own back yard

    I don’t need a chicken, chicken, chicken in the pot

    The way I need the next high card

     

    Chorus

     

    Yes I am.

     

    Lady luck makes the kings, the Natchez kings

    The kings of Natchez and below

    She makes the kings of Natchez and below

    And lady luck’s with me, I know

     

    Chorus

    I’m gonna lay him down, yes I am