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Ow |
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Yeah, yeah |
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When I was a young skinny boy |
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My momma said to me |
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The world out there is hot and dirty |
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Mean as it wants to be |
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I know there's gonna be times when you're down and out |
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So listen now kid |
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Listen now son |
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I'll tell you what it's all about |
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You gotta try to keep your head above the water |
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That's what my momma told me |
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You gotta try to keep a step ahead of time |
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And even though you do some things you shouldn't ought to |
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Shouldn't ought to |
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If you love your brothers love will come back to you |
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Love'll come back to you |
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Love'll come back to you |
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Love'll come back to you |
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Live my life in so many ways |
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To find out who I am |
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Time's approaching |
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I really can say |
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Truly I understand |
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Got more livin' to do for myself |
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So run along now |
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Play along later |
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Stay up by the shelf |
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Sing it girls |
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Gotta try to keep your head above the water |
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Yes you do yes I do |
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You gotta try to keep a step ahead of time |
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Even though you do some things you shouldn't ought to |
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If you love your sisters love will come back to you |
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Love'll come back to you |
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Love'll come back to you |
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All the world is turnin' to stone |
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Slowly it will die |
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But that is something I never will see |
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I don't know why |
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Tryin' to take the world the best I can |
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Might be now |
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Probably be later |
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Stand up like a man |
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hey, hey |
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Gotta try to keep your head above the water |
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Yes you do yes you do yes you do |
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Gotta try to keep a step ahead of time |
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Even though you do some things you shouldn't ought to |
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Love your brothers and sisters, love'll come back to you |
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Love'll come back to you |
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Love'll come back to you.. |
