Intro:
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Verse
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Here's the story of a man and his family
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And a b ig trip that they to ok
Well, I heard all about in a restaurant
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And I r ead it in a history bo ok
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They r ented a car at the E rie Canal
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But the car didn't have no br ake
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Said Ma to Pa "My G od this car"
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"Is gonna f all into the Bottomless L ake"
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Well, Mama turned to Daddy with a pale face
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Said "I've d one something horribly wr ong"
"Well, the waters still runnin' in the bathtub"
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And I th ink I left the kitchen light on"
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Then I he ard a crash the c ar when splash
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And the compass rolled around and ar ound
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Oh, for Heaven's Sake! We f ell in a lake
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And I th ink we're all gonna dr own
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We are fa lling down
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Down to the bottom of a h ole in the ground
Smoke 'em if you got 'em
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I' m so scared I can ha rdly breathe
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I may n ever see my sweatheart ag ain
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There was plenty of food in the backseat
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And the wi ndows were rolled up ti ght
So we all nibbled on a chicken leg
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Told st ories 'way thru' the n ight
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We ll, Pa told one that he t old before
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And the baby got a bellya che
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Said Ma to Pa "My G od this car"
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"Falling d own a Bottomless L ake" (Repeat Chorus)
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Poppa played the music on the radio
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M ama rocked the baby to sl eep
He said he would've taken the other road
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But he di dn't think the lake was that d eep
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Well, if the f erry been there at the end of the pier
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We'd be half way to Uncle Ja ke's
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Instead of looking at fish out the w indow I wish
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We'd hit the bo ttom of the Bottomless L ake
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'Stead of lo oking at fish out the wi ndow I wish
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We'd hit the b ottom of the Bottomless L ake (Repeat Chorus)
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So if you're ever goin' on a big trip
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Ya be tter be careful out th ere
Start everything on you good foot
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And wear clean u nderwear
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T ake along a Bible in the ba ckseat
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Read of David and Solo mon
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For if you make a mistake in the Bottomless L ake
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You may ne ver see your sweetheart ag ain
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If you sh ould make a mistake in the Bot tomless Lake
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You may ne ver see your sweetheart a gain
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If you sh ould make a mistake in the Bot tomless Lake
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You may n ever see your sweetheart ag ain
Outro
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