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He grabbed a stick tried to it with his heel Did a sic back flip and up full kneel He didn't squeal but it looked it hurt And it did 'cuz he took me for my cash and my
I got worked but what's worse that Just as he was he tipped his hat Then he and said, "I'm sorry 'bout your luck" he walked out the door he got hit by a truck
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Lots of stories and old town girl tryin' to make her way She moved to the all she wanted was a job Now she's underneath the desk to move to the top
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Now what'd ya for? Nothing anymore, right? How could you live life uptight? See everything you did and everything you Rolled around in the mud but you couldn't come
And makes you dirty now how does that feel? Living life like an open cut that heal at the world and you don't know why You bounced like a ball and that's how die
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