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Marty Stuart on “Hobo’s Prayer”
“When the train hooked up to go off, he jumped on the train, thumped his cigarette. I said ‘What are you?’ ‘Boy, I’m a hobo.’ And I went home and told my mom I know what I want to do with my life, I want to be a hobo.” — Marty Stuart
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