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When I'm gone, play my song |
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And spread my ashes over rocky top, yeah |
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A little Merle and some George Jones |
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And make sure that the party down here never stops |
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When I'm gone just carry on |
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Like I never left you, when I'm gone just carry on |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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Nothin' lasts forever (Nah) this life is temporary (Yeah) |
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And images of bein' missin' doesn't seem scary (Uh uh) |
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I know the Lord above me, has a mansion for me |
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To meet the ones who left before me, hold our hands is glory (Hallelujah) |
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I know you can't touch me, but please don't ignore me |
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I'll be watchin' over you and I'm recordin' every story |
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So you can play it in slow mo when you get here |
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Pass around with the ol' bros we in here |
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Yeah just play some Merle for the good times |
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And tell my kids and my girl this is your time |
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To be thankful for everyday I was lended to ya |
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I never think for a minute I was given to ya |
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When I'm gone, play my song |
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And spread my ashes over rocky top, yeah |
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A little Merle and some George Jones |
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And make sure that the party down here never stops |
| [01:35.87] |
When I'm gone just carry on |
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Like I never left you, when I'm gone just carry on |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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He started off as a young man with a heart full of gold |
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A pure soul but somewhere down the line he lost control (Why?) |
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And I don't know maybe his struggle seemed never endin' (Yeah) |
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We all experience but only full comprehend it |
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You go through it to get to it that's what the business is |
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The difference is no matter what you finish it |
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Treat it as innocence except for jail sentences |
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A phone for when he's gone is all we have in his remembrance (Yo) |
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A couple more nights, would have been nice |
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We all told him he was skatin' on thin ice |
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A black suite with the pin stripes it has to be (Yeah) |
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That's what he wanted, I know, 'cause that was me |
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When I'm gone, play my song |
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And spread my ashes over rocky top, yeah |
| [02:50.11] |
A little Merle and some George Jones |
| [02:52.71] |
And make sure that the party down here never stops |
| [02:56.12] |
When I'm gone just carry on |
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Like I never left you, when I'm gone just carry on |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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I don't wanna cry (Yeah), but I don't wanna lie neither (Nah) |
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And tell you that I never cried a thousand I'll keep it |
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And let you know what adulterated I suffered through (I suffered) |
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Some heart breaks even handed out a couple too (Baby) |
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And if it was to you I'm truthfully apologetic (I'm sorry) |
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You can't accept it then God bless you if not forget it (Forget it) |
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'Cause I'm just tryin' to sweep my side of the street (You know) |
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A great man's buried deep down inside me that needs |
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To surface before the circus is tent poles |
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And maybe it's been folded the cold as the wind blows |
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As they still doin' time and yesterday's wine |
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Try's his best to remind you of Bubba K's time, yeah |
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When I'm gone, play my song |
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And spread my ashes over rocky top, yeah |
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A little Merle and some George Jones |
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And make sure that the party down here never stops (Hey possum) |
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When I'm gone just carry on (You know he's asking like) |
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Like I never left you, when I'm gone just carry on |
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Just make sure you play my song |
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(Rest in peace George Jones) |
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(gone but never forgotten) |
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Just make sure you play my song |
