[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well, I was there to buy a pistol she was there to hawk her ring
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The broker in the pawnshop deals in almost anything.
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Hell pay you for your misery or hell sell you someone's pain
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And that twinkle in his greedy eye says your loss will be his gain.
[Verse 2]
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She stood back in the shadows as the broker dealt with me
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Her eyes were dark and desperate from some private misery.
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His words were so prophetic when he said you got a steal
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I said throw in one bullet and you got yourself a deal.
[Chorus]
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Oh, a Saturday night special is an easy thing to buy
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All you got to be is twenty-one or fifteen if you lie.
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Just hand the man money and if some ones gotta die
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The broker in the pawnshop won't even blink an eye.
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[Verse 3]
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Well, he handed me the pistol and I was almost to the door
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When I heard him tell the lady seven dollars nothing more.
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The lady started crying as he took her wedding band
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Well, my hand was in my pocket and the gun was in my hand.
[Verse 4]
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Well I was gonna use that bullet to end my life
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I was once somebody's husband she was once somebody's wife.
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Well, I usually mind my business, but I could not walk away
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His dollars just weren't making sense and I knew I had to stay.
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[Verse 5]
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Well, the brokers face turned pasty when he caught my icy stare
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It would never leave my pocket, but he knew the gun was there.
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I asked him what his life was worth and he opened up that drawer
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For a simple golden wedding band He paid $2,000 more.
[Chorus]
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That Saturday night was special even though it wasn't planned
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As we walked down the sidewalk she reached and took my hand.
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We crossed the bridge and I took that gun and sailed it through the air
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I said, Ever been to Texas? She said, I think I'd love it there.
[Chorus]
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Oh, a Saturday night special is an easy thing to buy
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All you got to be is twenty-one or fifteen if you lie.
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But there's a pawnshop in the city, that used to deal in everything
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Ha, but you can't buy a pistol there, you can't hawk your wedding ring...
[Outro]
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