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GUEST,AKRick	Lyr Req: Strolling Down the Highway (Bert Jansch) (6)	RE: Lyr Req: strolling down the highway	10 Sep 01
The line is: "They think you're an O.A.S. spy, gonna shoot them as they walk by" It refers to an Algerian seperatist group that was active in France in the early sixties. Bert would have been hitching about at this time. In a live performance ('Live at the 12 Bar'), he sings "Strollin' down the highway I'm gonna get there my way Dusk 'till dawn I'm walkin' the guitar on my back is rockin" "People think I'm crazy Lord above, I ain't lazy Sunshines all day long and the garlic is far too strong" "The cars won't stop for no one They think you're just a rollin' bum They think you're an O.A.S. spy Gonna shot them as they walk by" HTML line breaks added --JoeClone, 30-Nov-01.

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