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If you gave me a nickel to mend my ways |
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Well, then I'd have a nickel |
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And I reckon I'd probably owe you change. |
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I don't have a care, |
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I don't have a plan. |
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I've got nothing to spare. |
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And it's just the way I am. |
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If you gave me a two-cents |
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On how to live my life. |
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Well, then I'd have two cents |
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And a great big pile of bad advice |
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I don't doubt your mind or ability |
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I just highly doubt that you know |
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What's right for me. |
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You say I'm stubborn as a mule, boy |
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'Cause you've got words I just won't hear. |
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I may seem stubborn as a mule, boy |
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But if wealth is measured by the ease, |
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To do just what you please. |
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Then I'm the richest man in here. |
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You say to save my pennies |
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For a rainy day |
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But I can't buy beer with pennies |
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I've gone and stashed away. |
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That rainy day might be when I'm dead. |
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So I'd rather spend them |
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Now on beer instead. |
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If you bet me a dollar |
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That I am wrong. |
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I'd take that dollar |
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And I'd put it in the jukebox for this song. |
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Then I'd sit on back |
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And pretend to hear your nagging words |
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While I finish up my beer. |
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You say I'm stubborn as a mule, boy |
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'Cause you've got words I just won't hear. |
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I may seem stubborn as a mule, boy |
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But if wealth is measured by the ease, |
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To do just what you please. |
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Then I'm the richest man in here. |
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You got the things you need, |
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And that's alright for you. |
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You got your cubicle |
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And your three-piece suit. |
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You got security and hypertension, too. |
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And you've got that tie that fits you like a noose. |
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Bet your bottom dollar |
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That the buck stops here. |
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'Cause if you meet me in another forty years, |
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I'll still be broke |
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And I may be old. |
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But the life I've lived, |
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Would've been worth more than gold. |
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You say I'm stubborn as a mule, boy |
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'Cause you've got words I just won't hear. |
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I may seem stubborn as a mule, boy |
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But if wealth is measured by the ease, |
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To do just what you please. |
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Then I'm the richest man in here. |
