[00:01.29]Artist：kenny rogers
[00:02.36]Songs Title：my petition
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[00:21.08]I just sat down to watch the game when I heard the doorbell ring
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[00:29.52]An＇ I wondered who in the world it could be
[00:34.64]Through the peephole, all that I saw there
[00:38.40]Was a crooked cap on curly hair an＇ some kid squintin＇ back at me
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[00:47.20]I said, ＂If you＇re sellin＇ somethin＇, well, I ain＇t buyin＇ nothin＇
[00:56.02]But I appreciate you stoppin＇ by.＂
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[01:00.77]Said: ＂I ain＇t askin＇ for a dime, just a minute of your time
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[01:08.26]An＇ your name here on the dotted line
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[01:13.58]Could you sign my petition?＂
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[01:22.29]Had a spiral notebook in his hand
[01:26.66]Handed me a chewed up pen
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[01:30.22]An＇ I ask you: ＂What am I signin＇ up for.＂
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[01:35.67]I scrolled down that wrinkled page
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[01:39.26]Saw a couple of neighbors names
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[01:41.94]I kept readin＇, then I sat down on the porch
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[01:49.13]It was a letter to the President
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[01:52.00]With a list that numbered one to ten.
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[01:55.63]It said: ＂Make a law where Daddy＇s don＇t work late
[01:59.69]Keep Uncle Joe an＇ those soldiers safe
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[02:03.26]Give those kids on TV all they want to eat
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[02:09.82]Put a stop to bullies on the bus
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[02:12.94]No crime, no waits, no hate, no drugs
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[02:16.69]Give a blanket and a job to people on the street.＂
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[02:22.26]I said: ＂Son, sounds like a world I＇d like to live in.＂
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[02:27.90]And I signed his petition.
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[02:37.22]He thanked me for my time
[02:40.34]I headed back inside, grabbed my beer
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[02:45.95]An＇ got back to the game
[02:50.40]Thought: ＂By now that boy he＇s three doors down
[02:54.96]＂Here I am just sittin＇ round
[02:58.09]Waitin＇ on the world to change.＂
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[03:04.07]Must＇ve blocked the whole game out
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[03:08.14]All that I could think about was.
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[03:11.08]＂Make a law where Daddy＇s don＇t work late
[03:14.72]Keep Uncle Joe an＇ those soldiers safe
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[03:18.09]Give those kids on TV all they want to eat
[03:21.72]
[03:25.91]Put a stop to bullies on the bus
[03:27.85]No crime, no waits, no hate, no drugs
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[03:31.72]Give a blanket and a job to people on the street.＂
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[03:36.72]An＇ I thought: ＂Man, ain＇t that a place I＇d like to live in.＂
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[03:43.78]And I thank God for that boy that＇s out there fixin＇
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[03:50.16]The world with his petition...