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| w | ell my little brother's | raising hell living | down in Texas |
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| h | e probably ought to be i | n jail from the stor | ies that he tells us |
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| o | f whiskey nights and rodeos | the strippers down in Austin |
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| h | e's had himself some r | eal good times if he could | just recall them |
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| n | ow his money's running | out and there's a job in his | future |
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| a | nd it's looking like | his rambling days are don | e |
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| s | o he's sizing up his choices and | a job just ain't one |
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| h | e don't know which way to run |
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| A | s for you and winter, | it may be cold but that don' | t stop the rain, |
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| t | he holes up in your ro | of make keeping dry a losin | g game |
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| t | he stairwell's always wet , | but you wouldn't really mind if |
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| t | he tears would dry up in your | crying | eyes |
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| N | ow your boy, he's coming | home but that just ain't that | good for you |
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| s | tarted ending lo | ng ago you know that much is | true |
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| s | o dry your eyes and say goodbye b | ecause he just ain't the one |
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| d | ecide which way to run |
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| g | onna decide which | way to run |
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| a | s for me, the same | old shit keeps pulling me on | down |
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| I | never been quite ab | le to pick myself up off the | ground |
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| a | lways got big plans, b | ut they're always in the works |
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| a | nd I swear they'll pa | y off if my luck don't g | ive out first |
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| w | ell here I am ag | ain I don't know if I'm r | ight |
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| b | ut I can tell you t | hat I'm having fu | n |
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| s | o I give it one more shot b | ecause this race, it ain't quite done |
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| I | hit the ground and run |
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| g | onna hit the gr | ound and run |
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| g | onna decide whi | ch way to run |
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| g | onna hit the gro | und and run |
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| a | nd my little brother's rai | sing hell living do | wn in Texas |