Tonart: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
pushing 80, but he acted 22
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He could laugh and drink just like
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his grandchildren would do
There was square hay on the meadow,
second cutting of the year
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Well his summer work was over once
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they got the pasture cleared
They were drinking on the big bluff
across the river from the field
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Well, he walked up to the edge and
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threw a stone in and he kneeled
And he looked down at the water,
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he said boys I'm go ing in
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They were cheering when he jumped
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but he did not come up again
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Well raise an other
Verse 2
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and have another glass
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Be thankful for today knowing
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it will never last
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Still lets leave the world laughing
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when our eulogies are read
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May we all get to heaven 'fore
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the devil knows we're dead
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May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Well it was 20 after midnight,
they were going 85
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She was barely out of high school
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wanting bad to feel alive
Just a two lane piece of
blacktop, a snakey stretch of road
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Well the wind blew through the wing vents,
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it was clear and fresh and cold
Well the driver killed the headlights
and he put the throttle down
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When they hit the railroad crossing
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they were five feet off the ground
Just a- screaming through the midnight,
'til they came down again
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Well the front tire hit a bar ditch,
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they went end over end
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Well raise an other
Verse 4
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and have another glass
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Be thankful for today
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knowing it will never last
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Still lets leave the world laughing
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when our eulogies are read
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May we all get to heaven 'fore
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the devil knows we're dead
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May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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Well I'm twenty eight years old now,
I was born in '84
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And I've been free as I can be
and I won't ask for anymore
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So let the fiddle play a hoedown after
I've drawn my last breath
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Well, tell everyone I know that I
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loved them all to death
Verse 6
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Well raise an other round boys and
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have another glass
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Be thankful for today know
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Still lets leave the world laughing
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when our eulogies are read
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May we all get to heaven 'fore
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the devil knows we're dead
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May we all get to heaven 'fore
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the devil knows we're dead
Verse 7
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May we all get to heaven 'fore
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the devil knows we're dead
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May we all get to heaven 'fore
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the devil knows we're dead
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