The dry CLeaner from des Moines

Joni Mitchell/Jaco Pastorius

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swing I'm
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down to a roll of dimes I'm stal - king the slot that's hot I keep hear -ing bells
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all a -round me Jin - gling in the luck -y jack - pots They keep you tan - ta -
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lized They keep you rea - ching for your wal - let Here in
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fools' pa - ra - dise! I talked to a cat from Des Moines He said he ran a
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clean - ing plant That cat was clan - king with coin
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Well, he must have had a ge - nie in a lamp 'Cause
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e - very time - I dropped a dime - I blew it He kept
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ring - ing bells Noth - ing to it! He got three
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oran -ges Three le - mons Three cher - ries Three plums I'm

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lo - sing my taste for fruit Watch - ing the dry clea - ner do it
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Like Mi - das in a po - ly - es - ter suit It's all luck!

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It's just luck! You get a lit - tle
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luck - y and you make a lit - tle mo - ney!

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I

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fol -lowed him down the strip He picked out a booth at Cir - cus

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Cir - cus Where the cow - girls fill the room With their big bal - loons

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The Clea - ner was pitch - ing with pur - pose! He had

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Di - nos and Pooh Bears And li - ons pink and blue

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there He could - n't lose there!
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Des Moines was

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stack - ing the chips Ra - king off the ta - bles Ring - ing the ban - dit's bells
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This is a sto - ry that's a drag to tell In some waysSince I
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lost e - very dime I laid on the line But the clea - ner from DesMoines Could
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put a coin In the door of a John And get twen - ty for one It's
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just luck!