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[Verse]
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I broke my promise on a very sharp rock
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and I was possessed by something quite unfriendly
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and I was haunted by a demon in my sleep
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and that's how I learned how to survive
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and I gave a beer to a bum that was drinking
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and I gave some sauce to my bestest friend for cooking
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and I gave water to all I thought were thirsty
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and that's how I learned how to survive
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and I gave some money to my bank for safe keeping
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and I gave some money to my landlord he was needing it
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and I gave attention to the TV that was bleeding
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and that's how I learned how to survive
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If you ain't got the do re mi boys
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If you ain't got the do re mi
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Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas
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Oklahoma Kansas Georgia Tennessee
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California is a garden of eden
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a paradise to live in or see
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but believe it or not you won't find it so hot
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If you ain't got the do re mi
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and I just ripped off a man named Woodie Guthrie
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and I bought a restaurant for his son named Alice
C G Am F
and I fed false information to the audience
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and that's how I learned how to survive
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and I give a thank you to my father for leaving me
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and I give a finger to my step father for beating me
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and I give props to myself for achieving
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goddamn I'm glad that I survived
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goddamn I'm glad that I survived
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and I just handed you a giant load of gibberish
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and I give love to a lover quite deserving of it
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and I give thanks to all of you for listening
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to the story of how we all learned how to survive
