Biography:
Dino Valenti (sometimes Dino Valente) (born Chester William Powers, Jr., aka Chet Powers, on 7 October 1937; died 16 November 1994) was an American singer-songwriter and one of the lead singers of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. As a songwriter, he used the name Jesse Oris Farrow. He is best known for writing the quintessential 1960s love-and-peace anthem "Get Together", and for writing and singing on Quicksilver Messenger Service's two best-known songs, "Fresh Air" and "What About Me".
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We call it high low jack and the winner takes the hand
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he's honest as me
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Besides it was the hottest part of the day
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I took the horses down to the stall...I went to a bar...ordered drinks for all
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I was tryin to wash off some of that dusty dirt
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West Texas cowboys all over town, with liquor and money my friend they was
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loaded down
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So soon after payday...it seemed a shame...so me and my uncle starts up a friendly game
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We call it high low jack and the winner takes the hand
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Uncle starts to winning the cowboys are getting sore...one cowboy calls him
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down... and then two more Bb
They said he was cheatin...aw but that can't be...I know my uncle man and
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he's honest as me
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and I'm as honest as a devil of a man could be
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One of those cowboys starts to draw...I shot him down my friend before he saw me
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I shot another godamn and he won't grow old...and in confusion my uncle
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grabbed the gold
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and we hightailed it down to Mexico
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grabbed the gold
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and I left him lying there by the side of the road
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