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Living for the Weekend

Originally published May 22, 2013

“You might see me on the Eastside, the Westside, I'm even going cross the bridge cause, and I hear they really get down over there. Monday to Thursday, I'm dead on my feet most of the time, too tired to eat; when I try to read the paper, I fall fast asleep. But, as soon as Friday rolls around me lay all my weekly, burdens down I put on my glad rags and paint the town “Living for the weekend.” O’ Jaysmore

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