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Well, after all these years of running 'round |
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Always flying high and falling down |
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I gotta get back to the way |
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I wasGonna turn it all 'round just because |
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And everybody's talking about the shape |
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I'm inThey say, "Boy, you ain't a poet, just a drunk with a band" |
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All over and over, again and again |
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Lord, they don't know about the places |
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I've beenIt gets hard out here, |
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I know it don't look it |
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I used to have heart but the highway took it |
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The game was right but the deal was crooked |
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Lord, I'll make it perfectly clear, it gets hard out here |
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I guess there must be something |
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I'm missing |
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My momma told me |
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I should've gone into easy listening |
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Going with the band 'cause |
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I thought it was cool |
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Oh good Lord, |
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I should've gone back to school |
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Oh, pretty darling, it'll be okay |
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You know one of these days |
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I'm gonna take you away |
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She said, "Oh sweet daddy, you're probably rightYou know we might get lucky but it won't be tonight" |
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It gets hard out here, |
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I know it don't look it |
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I used to have heart but the highway took it |
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The game was right but the deal was crooked |
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Lord, I'll make it perfectly clear, it gets hard out here |
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I know it don't seem it |
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I said I tried but |
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I never did mean it |
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Nobody's listening so we might as well scream it |
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Oh, God, we're all outta beer, it gets hard out here |