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