Forgotten Man

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Go to bed early, wake up at dawn
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Swinging from the hip and punching at the clock
 
Build a hell of a life what more could you want
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Than a week's paid vacation and a pick up loan
 
Yeah
 
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[Verse]
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I got a little white house with a flag in the front
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Way that it is, is the way that it was
 
Dirt turns to mud here, steel turns to rust
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The color of my neck's still the same as my blood
 
 
[Chorus]
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Daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar
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Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor
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Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar
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Can't unpaint the blue on my collar
 
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[Verse]
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Gas is getting too damn high and land is too
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Can't get your hands on an acre, that ain't handed down to you
 
Towers moving in, sending rent through the roof
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But we can't lay down, so we lace up our boots
 
 
[Chorus]
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Daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar
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Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor
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Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar
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Can't unpaint the blue on my collar
 
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[Break]
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Here's to their backs giving out and callous cracked hands
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The bank pissed away your retirement plans
 
But I'm still holding that flame
 
'Cause I still give a damn
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About that beaten down forgotten man
 
 
[Chorus]
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My daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar
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Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor
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Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar
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Can't unpaint the blue on my collar
 
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Daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar
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Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor
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Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar
                  N.C.
Can't unpaint the blue on my collar
 
 
[Outro]
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