| I remember back when I was sixteen
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| I was sittin' around pickin' just my pops and me
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| When his friend walked up in a cowboy hat
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| Said I like what your doin' but it ain’t where it’s at
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| I see this road will leave you cold and alone
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| Old and broke and just a bag of bones
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| So you better take heed to the words I say
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| And stay quite clear of that lost highway
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| Oh southern wind, won’t you take me high?
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| I got seven ladies dancin' naked 'round an old camp fire
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| Guitars pickin' with a bottle of wine
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| I’ll be an old broke guitar picker, Lord, when I die
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| Holes in my clothes, I got holes in my shoes
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| I got a hole in my heart, that’s why I’m singin' the blues
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| I put some change in my pocket but it’s all gone
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| And everything that I do, it seems to be wrong
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| So now I’m broke, I’m back on the street
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| With a guitar case in front of Tate and me
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| So you better listen up 'cause it ain’t no lie
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| Please throw a nickel in when you walk by
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| Oh southern wind, won’t you take me high?
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| It’s hard to keep rollin' when all you got is flat tires
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| Guitars pickin' with a bottle of wine
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| I’ll be an old broke guitar picker, Lord, when I die
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| I came in this world with nothin' on my back
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| Now I’ll leave the same way and that’s a fact
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| Ain’t in it for the money, ain’t in it for the fame
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| I don’t really care if you remember my name
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| So now I got to go, I got to hit the road
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| I got to do the only thing that I know
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| I got this feelin' deep down and I got to be true
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| And I sure as hell ain’t gonna change for you
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| Oh southern wind, won’t you take me high?
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| When I hear the sounds comin' from an amplifier
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| Guitars pickin' with a bottle of wine
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| I’ll be an old, a broke guitar picker |