[00:14.99]Times ain't now nothing like they used to be
[00:18.89]
[00:22.21]Times ain't now nothing like they used to be
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[00:28.97]Well I tell you the truth won't you take my word from me
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[00:36.23]I've seen better days but I ain't puttin' up with these
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[00:43.33]I've seen better days but I ain't puttin' up with these
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[00:50.62]I Had a lot better times with the women
[00:53.13]Down in New Orleans
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[00:58.42]'Cause I was born in the country she thinks I'm easy to lose
[01:02.79]
[01:05.14]'Cause I was born in the country she thinks I'm easy to lose
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[01:12.40]She wants to hitch me to a wagon and drive me like a mule
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[01:20.35]I bought her a gold ring and I paid the rent
[01:24.37]
[01:27.42]I bought her a gold ring and I paid the rent
[01:31.95]
[01:34.94]She wants me to wash her clothes but I got good common sense
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[01:42.79]If you don't want me then why don't you just tell me so
[01:46.49]
[01:50.05]If you don't want me then why don't you just tell me so
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[01:57.25]It ain't like I'm a man that ain't got no place to go
[02:01.28]
[02:04.67]I give you sugar for sugar  but all you want is salt for salt
[02:08.96]
[02:11.88]I give you sugar for sugar  but all you want is salt for salt
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[02:19.77]If you can't get along with me  then it's your own fault
[02:23.93]
[02:27.38]You want me to love you  but then you just treat me mean
[02:31.34]
[02:34.30]You want me to love you  but then you just treat me mean
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[02:41.86]You're my daily thought and you're my nightly dream
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[02:49.84]Sometimes I think that you're just too sweet to die
[02:53.95]
[02:57.19]Sometimes I think that you're just too sweet to die
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[03:04.91]And other times I think that you ought to be buried alive