x[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal too the floor
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Headed north on Mills Avenue and listened to the engine roar
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My broken house behind me and good things ahead,
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a girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
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Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking
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aha! listen to the engine whine
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I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
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I am going to make it though this year if it kills me
[Verse 2]
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I played video games in a drunken haze,
I was seventeen years young
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
the taste of scotch rich on my tongue
And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
trading swigs from a bottle all bitter and clean
locking eyes holding hands
twin high maintenance machines
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[Bridge]
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I drove home in the California dusk,
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I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
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Pictured the look on my stepfather's face,
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ready for the bad things to come.
[Verse 3]
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I down shifted as I pulled into the driveway,
the motor screaming out stuck in second gear
The scene ends badly as you might imagine
in a cavalcade of anger and fear
There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year
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