| Now first of all I gotta warn you. |
| Before you fall in love with me
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| This here kickin out the footlights ain t all its cracked up to be
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| Well, cheap hotels and truck stop coffee its what makes the wheels go round
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| I know exactly what your thinkin girl. |
| God only knows if I ll ever settle down
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| So if you think you can take it. |
| And enjoy the nonsense and the noise
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| Girl it ain t easy holdin on to hard livin, honky tonkin, Texas boys
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| Just ask the women who have been there. |
| Who ve lived and breathed that crazy
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| life. |
| Ask sweet Jessie about ol Wayland
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| Ask ol Willie s four ex-wives
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| Some day your gonna want a family. |
| Some day you may be wantin more
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| In a king size bed that s always lonely. |
| Whenever I walk out your door
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| But if you think you can take it. |
| And enjoy the nonsense and the noise
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| Girl it ain t easy holdin on to hard livin, honky tonkin, Texas boys
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| There s something about them neon signs. |
| I m like a moth drawn to a flame
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| Blame it on a smoky bar or a cryin steel guitar. |
| Those pretty girls screamin my
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| name
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| So if you think you can take it. |
| And enjoy the nonsense and the noise
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| Girl it ain t easy holdin on to hard livin, honky tonkin, Texas boys
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| Girl it ain t easy holdin on to hard livin, honky tonkin, Texas boys |