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You want to grow up to paint houses like me |
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A trailer in my yard till you're 23 |
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You want to be old after 42 years |
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Keep dropping the hammer and grinding the gears |
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Well, I used to go out in a |
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MustangA 302 |
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Mach One in green |
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Me and your |
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Mama made you in the back |
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And I sold it to buy her a ring |
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And I learned not to say much of nothing |
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And I figured you already know |
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But in case you don't or maybe forgot |
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I'll lay it out real nice and slow |
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Don't call what your wearing an outfit |
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Don't ever say your car is broke |
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Don't worry about losing your accent |
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A Southern |
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Man tells better jokes |
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Have fun but stay clear of the needle |
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Call home on your sister's birthday |
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Don't tell them you're bigger than |
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JesusDon't give it away, don't give it away |
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Six months in a |
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St. Florian foundry |
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They call it |
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Industrial |
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ParkThen hospital maintenance and |
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Tech School |
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Just to memorize |
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Frigidaire parts |
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But I got to missing your |
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MamaAnd I got to missing you too |
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And I went back to painting for my old man |
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And I guess that's what |
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I'll always do |
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So don't let him take who you are boy |
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And don't try to be who you ain't |
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And don't let me catch you in |
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Ken daleWith a bucket of wealthy-man's paint |
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Don't call what your wearing an outfit |
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Don't ever say your car is broke |
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Don't sing with a fake |
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British accent |
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Don't act like your family's a joke |
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Have fun, but stay clear of the needle |
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Call home on your sister's birthday |
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Don't tell them you're bigger than |
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JesusDon't give it away, don't give it away |