| I was just a young man
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| Working steady in a good time band
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| Pickin' every single little lick I could
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| Just to please the man
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| Harlan sang the lead for half
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| And we split up the rest
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| Hangin' on through the heavy times
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| And hopin' for the best
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| And I can’t recall the names of all
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| Them places that we played in All them squirrely party girls
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| And pills we used to pop
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| Hardly ever sleepin' in Those cheap motels we stayed in Hopin' we could take it 'til we’d make it to the top
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| Chorus:
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| And them nights, get a little bit brighter
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| And them bars just a little bit better
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| And the sweet, just a little bit sweeter
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| But them blues, well it’s still the same old song
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| Now we’re stars and shining on Them prime time t.v. |
| shows
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| Every stranger knows our name
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| And every little where we go Findin' out the bottom ain’t so different
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| From the top
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| Just a few more friends that you’ll be losin'
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| When you drop
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| And I’ve left some of my soul on Every sweaty sheet that I could sleep on Gettin' just as close to any body as I could
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| I don’t regret a single bed I’ve laid my body down on Ever since the first I had
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| The worst I had was good
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| Chorus:
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| And them nights, get a little bit brighter
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| And them bars just a little bit better
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| And the sweet, just a little bit sweeter
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| But them blues, well it’s still the same old song |