| I was born one rainy morning in a little house across town
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| Daddy liked to roam leave Mama alone
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| She just couldn’t tie him down
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| He liked his gamblin and whiskey
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| And mama just liked to cook and sew
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| It made me a man before my time
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| I felt many a cold wind blow
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| Worked real hard most all of my life
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| Bought a farmhouse out in the sticks
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| Set by the fire most every night
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| Working on my guitar licks
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| Before too long I was on my way
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| Playing from town to town
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| I guess I’m a little like Daddy was
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| Gotta keep on moving around
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| This journey takes me far away from home
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| Sometimes it makes me feel so alone
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| So alone
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| Now I look back on yesterday
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| Wondering what I’d done
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| Did I help somebody along the way
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| Or did I just look out for number one
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| I know I can’t change a thing
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| So don’t put me down
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| Cause I didn’t cling to your heart
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| Oh I feel like dying when we’re apart
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| This journey takes me far away from home
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| With nothing left to hold on to
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| But a voice from the telephone
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| It’s taken me away from every love I’ve ever known
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| Sometimes it makes me feel so alone
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| So alone |