Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands
  Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck
  (I held your daddy's gun in my tremblin' hands
  And down the highway another stranger comes
  You gotta take 'em baby when they come.
    Little girl put on your best dress
  'Cause we're goin' out on the town tonight
  (Better bring along your switchblades)
  'Cause for sure some fool's gonna wanna fight
  You've got to take 'em baby as they come
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    You gotta take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl
  Take 'em as they come, girl
  Take 'em as they come, girl
  Take 'em baby as they come
    God save the rider in the black night
  Save the man who taught that it was right
  To do what they have done
  To become what we have become
  You gotta take 'em when they come
  Little girl, gone are the days
  Faded away into a clear blue night
  And all the vows that we made
  Lie shattered and broken in the morning light;
  You gotta take 'em when they come
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    I know your heart is breaking
  I can feel it too
  Though my finger on the trigger's shakin'
  Here I swear to you
  If I could take all your sorrow so that you'd never cry, girl, or be blue
  (Come tommorow)
  That's what I'd do for you, pretty one
  I swear I'll take 'em baby when they come
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