Utah Phillips - Yuba city
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Tuning: E A D G B E
I Acame into Yuba as Esoon as I read
Of Dall of those twenty-five Ahobos found dead
I Acame in to find out if oDne of the slain
Could have aAnswered to mEy brother's Aname
It Amight be your brother, I Ejust couldn't say
We Dhire lots of floaters who Awork by the day;
Now AI see his photo they Dmight be the same
But I Anever did Eask him his Aname
Chorus: If AI had a list and if EI only knew
I'd Ewrite down their names and Asing them to you
And Awhen I got done, I'd Dsing them again
So you'd Aall know each Eone had a Aname
HAe had a room and ran Eout on the rent
HDired on a crew, I don't Aknow where he went
If AI knew his boss, I Dmight make a claim
But I Anever did wErite down his Aname
He Astopped for a drink every Enow and again
DDidn't look no different than hAundreds of men;
You Aknow these old winos, they Dall look the same
No Areason to Eask him his Aname
It Amight have been Shorty, a Efeller I knew
We Dbunked in the empties when the Aseason was through
You Aknow, I been thinking, it Dsure is a shame
I Anever did Eask him his Aname
We Aalways abandon the Eold for the new
And Dsecond-hand people get Athrown away, too;
I Aknow it won't help, but Dstill it explains
Why Ano one remEembers their Anames