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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Daddy was a badass, oil field white trash,
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never took nobody's lip
He was a honky tonk dancer and even beat cancer,
40 years smokin' just quit
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He had Korean pin- up black ink
tattooed forearms from the war
He won a purple heart medal, but never heard him peddle,
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the killin' he did with the Corps
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So they shipped him on home, his mind all blown,
and nightmares about his past
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Well it's a dang good thing, Mama met Daddy,
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cuz Daddy was a badass
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He met Mama on the dance floor in deep East Texas,
she was the bell of the ball
He had a oil baron's son givin' him a run
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for her hand in marriage to call
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So he took the rich kid to the back of the bar,
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threatened him with his life
Said hey little girl your date had to leave,
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now you're gonna be my wife
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I guess his country charm turned her on
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cuz 50 years has past
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He got the one and only girl, in the whole wide world,
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cuz Daddy was a badass
Verse 3
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Well Daddy made it out of the drillin' rig patch
and gamblin' paid for his school
The University of Texas sure got reckless,
livin' on 8 ball pool
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He had back room all night poker games,
a pistol by a rotary phone
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He was a hot- tip handicapper on football,
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never took a student loan
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So he passed with honors by sellin' num
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bers to everybody in his class
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Then he drove back home to ol' East Texas....well, you know what he was
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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So they had us kids and he built us a
house and he started his company
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He made drillin' bits for the oil rigs and
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made a truck- load of money
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Hired all my uncles and the good ol'
boys from back in his rough neck days
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Til his shop burned down lost everything he
had and they went their separate ways
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he borrowed 5 grand and he put it on the red and black
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He made 200 g's, he got the business back
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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Daddy retired,
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sold the business the kids are grown and gone
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He said woman I just can't sit around here ya
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know I got to keep bringin' it on
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Climbed on his 1963 Pan
Head Harley Davidson
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And rode it wide open to the end of the world,
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off a cliff and into the sun
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Well at his funeral, Mama was cryin' sayin'
that's the way he should've passed
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In a blaze of glory, just done with the world,
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cuz Daddy was a badass
Outro 1
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