[00:-2.00]trace adkins - i came here to live
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[00:12.12]i grew up in a town where tough was a cigarette
[00:17.87]and a souped up car on a county road
[00:23.55]nothin' much to do back then
[00:25.59]so we'd make bets
[00:29.39]on how much drink a guy could hold
[00:32.88]and i held my own
[00:39.20]learn to hold my own
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[00:46.29]daddy works some dead-end job at the concrete plant
[00:51.63]mama taught the sunday bible class
[00:57.71]for eighteen years i remember thinkin'
[01:03.83]there was more to life than that
[01:06.25]so i ran the streets to beat the devil
[01:11.71]goin' just as fast as i could fly
[01:18.04]'cause i came here to live
[01:23.64]i didn't come here to die
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[01:31.65]mama used to wait for me with the porch light on
[01:36.84]worried about her little boy 'til i got home
[01:43.26]daddy he'd say listen son
[01:46.02]but back then there wasn't much
[01:49.71]that i didn't already know
[02:00.34]i reckon i was doing close to 80
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[02:05.23]when i felt the tire slip out from under me
[02:10.86]and i never set out lookin' for jesus
[02:16.82]so i guess jesus come lookin' for me
[02:20.34]and he found me upset down in a ditch
[02:25.43]smokin' gas in my eyes
[02:31.56]and he said son you came here to live
[02:37.21]you didn't come here to die
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[02:44.95]sunday morning i got up and i went to church
[02:50.78]that summer i got a job and i went to work
[02:57.08]met a girl in town put some money down
[03:01.50]on a little house with a yard
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[03:13.41]our little boy was due in september
[03:19.38]but he came early in july
[03:25.08]for eighteen days all i remember
[03:31.26]was settin' there at his side
[03:33.69]sayin' son open up your eyes
[03:39.85]just open up your eyes
[03:45.43]'cause you came here to live
[03:51.10]you didn't come here to die
[03:56.53]son you came here to live
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