Untitled

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I've taken 35 up the 49
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Oklahoma City to the Wichita line
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Past Missouri, hit St. Louis on the way
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I shot my alternator, hocked carburetors
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Burnt quarts of oil like reading papers
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Retired tires and lit em on fire
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Smudging black rubber smoke up against the sky
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Make me say it's hard where they're from
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They grew up tough and didn't have no fun
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But the road you got isn't one you're on
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Some is wide and some go long
 
[Chorus]
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But every man has a chance to bind him
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To the past that's left behind him
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And the past is merciless when she speaks
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And life can be a big mean snake
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And there ain't a heart that she can't break
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Ain't a love that she can't take and leave
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On her own
 
[Verse 2]
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Well the south is hot and the air is wet
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But if you ride 25 for a couple sunsets
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The heavy north wind will blow you round the road
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And the Mesquite turns to Sagebrush
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Desert mountains and Indian paintbrush
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The ground gets rough and the folks they say
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It's hard to read the seasons change
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Well I traveled along and I traveled alone
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And I've left the love to sing a song
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Now I'm stuck with an ugly dog
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On the hood of my car that the paint's peeling off
 
[Chorus]
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But every man has a chance to bind him
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To the past that's left behind him
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And the past is merciless when she speaks
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And life can be a big mean snake
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And there ain't a heart that she can't break
Em                                   A
Ain't a love that she can't take and leave
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On her own
 
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Well I fell in love and I fell back out
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And I had a few teeth kicked out of my mouth
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Got myself a gal I still think of
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And I take yours if I give you mine
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At least we might say some of the time
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But it's hard to tell the map of a man
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From feeling the feeling of the shake of his hand
 
[Chorus]
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Cause every man has a chance to bind him
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To the past that's left behind him
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And the past is merciless when she speaks
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And life can be a big mean snake
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And there ain't a heart that she can't break
Em                                   A
Ain't a love that she can't take and leave
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On her own