The Most Bizarre Attraction on Route 66
Day number 9 of my Route 66 adventure . Today I crossed into Kansas for the shortest section of the mother road of only 13 miles before arriving into Missouri where I visited a lot of places including the Precious Moments chapel , Uranus and much more
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Day 6 - https://youtu.be/q6A4NYF2e_o
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Day 8 - https://youtu.be/Nhx751NOD3g
Transcript
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welcome everyone Adam Lulu here to date
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number 9 of my route 66 adventure
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beginning in Picher Oklahoma an
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abandoned desolate community they'll be
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crossing over into Kansas the shortest
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segment of the Mother Road momentarily
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and then later on ending up somewhere in
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Missouri
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join me shall you not a whole lot going
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on around in these parts in fact the
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government ran everyone out of town they
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deemed this section dangerous most of
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businesses and houses have been torn
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down and fences have been put up around
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certain sections to keep you out what
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happened here it's like something out of
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The Walking Dead this truly is whew
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enough of that get over into Kansas
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that's better
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only 13 miles of America's Main Street
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run through this state safe to say we
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won't be here too too long visitor
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center here in Baxter Springs
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it's an old converted gas station it's
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listed on the National Register of
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historical places there it is those that
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visit seem as if they they sign the
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walls to leave their mark they're making
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the trek they're doing it they're
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actually doing it gonna inscribe my name
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right here
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next to Jacobs why do they call you
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crazy legs how'd you get the nickname
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even made it on The Tonight Show with
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Jay Leno only remaining Marsh arch on
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this thoroughfare is the rainbow curved
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bridge constructed in 1923 it goes over
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the top of Brush Creek pretty dang cool
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hold there windy very peaceful out here
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over the waterway entering this
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courtyard closing the gate behind me the
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first time in my life I've ever been to
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Galena as documented at this very
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cool-looking mural
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now I could say I've been to Galena a
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very quaint community it's like taking a
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step back in time this is what I'm
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talking about
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well that that tow mater over there heck
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yeah I knew I recognized this guy right
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here in Radiator Springs all right I
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don't know if this is the most accurate
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source of information but according to
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Wikipedia this is the truck that was
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made or was based on from cars seeing
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this reminds me when I get back to
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California definitely need to hit up DCA
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always enjoy coke oh wait it's a
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mountain dew mural - I was gonna say you
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rarely see Pepsi ones but even rare to
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see old-school Mountain Dew ones yes and
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with that we're now entering Missouri
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cruising through yet another town that
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just screams Americana web city home of
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this old movie theater check it out
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there playing Wizard of Oz stepping it
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up a notch
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look at this
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it's an old drive-in it's an active
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drive-in gotta love the old ticket booth
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prices are pretty reasonable made out of
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glass blocks reminds me of the outsiders
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or maybe even pee-wee's big adventure
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nostalgia overload you may remember or
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even still own some of these cute little
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characters precious moments and this is
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the Precious Moments Chapel Wow it's an
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entire it's an entire town Christmas
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fight with a river that runs through it
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she's playing the violin and he's
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playing the guitar fair maiden in the
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window of the castle and up top two
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princes knights in shining armor
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construction is happening he saw in that
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piece of wood and this guy's doing some
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roofing he's got his hammer and his nail
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in the snow left the main foyer step
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back outside and about to re-enter
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through this ornate very ornate door oh
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this is real life incredible paintings
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along the walls and even on the roof
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even stained-glass windows they have
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stained-glass windows with the precious
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moment figures I was not expecting to
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stumble on a place like this today as
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unusual as it was very beautiful and the
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cherubs on either side are saying
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goodbye it says dead end but I'm gonna
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I'm gonna take the challenge and go this
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way anyhow off on the horizon is an old
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mill with a waterwheel not moving but
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pretty cool nonetheless right here next
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to this little waterway
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can't get any closer there are lots of
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no trespassing signs and barbed wire
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everywhere down the ways a bit in a town
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by the name of Gay Purita is the
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Sinclair historic gas station 15 cents a
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gallon for fuel that's a pretty good
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deal as best I can tell this is private
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property and not open to the general
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public the gates are locked and chain
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link fence hinders me from getting any
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closer but man this is pretty freakin
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cool
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here's another shoe tree saw one of
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these the other day this is the second
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shoe tree on this journey that I have
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laid my eyes upon now there has been a
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few times in my life that I've been to
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Steak and Shake but never one that
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looked quite as vintage as this one it's
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been open since the early 1960s I'm
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gonna get myself a shake and tack um a
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sack it's fascinating how the inside
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looks totally different than the current
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versions I got you something
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humpy not the wisest thing to be
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drinking a cold super cold icy beverage
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because the temperature is not warm
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however making an exception I got I got
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vanilla kind of you got chocolate show
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the chocolate show the children
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chocolate oh yes
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taystee making my way into a rest stop
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this rest area is not like others it has
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its own theme going on equipped with
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some sweet neon pointing towards the
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restrooms and an extra-long map of the
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route itself and notice each of the
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picnic areas they are adorned with
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roadside attractions merrimette caverns
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you see the carpetbagger down there
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walking past the sixty-six side
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Floyd's barbershop no barber chair just
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a picnic table get some gas fuel can be
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achieved at that vestibule and 40 winks
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at that motel right over there and the
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sidewalk looks just like a road
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no cars allowed don't know if I'm
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prepared for this in all its glory the
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world's largest gift store
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let's do it let's do it what yes my
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friends your eyes are not deceiving you
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that is snow and that's a huge rock frog
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up there in the snow it's a huge frog
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made from a rock might find it hard to
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believe but I'm turning into a place
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equipped with old fire trucks dinosaurs
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a saloon
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yes I've arrived at Uranus they even
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have their own police department
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protecting and serving your ate anus we
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will not be resorting to cheap childish
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jokes hey Adam yeah guess where I am
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dude don't say it
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yeah this might be one of the most
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bizarrely named roadside attractions on
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66 but they do have their own fire
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department so I guess it's a legitimate
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place I can't make this stuff up going
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directly into the fudge factory don't
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look now but there's a moonshiner up up
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top there's a moonshiner was not
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expecting to see an alligator boy or a
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monkey fish this rat has more hands than
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he should have
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and a two-headed rabbit ranking this as
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one of the strangest convenience stores
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I've ever seen please don't pet or feed
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the bear don't worry how was it gonna I
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wasn't gonna feed him I was gonna pet
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him but after reading the sign I won't
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if hula girls aren't your thing how
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about a dashboard cat Buddha or maybe
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even a Jesus love the fact that they
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have moon pies and RC Cola on the same
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display just like Andy Griffith would
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have wanted it at first I miss the fact
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that there is a post office right up
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there
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if you misspeak misspeak we're hurting
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when he's hillbilly desktop calculator
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when tourists walk in they say welcome
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