The be good tanyas – waiting around to die
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Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
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Sometimes I don't even know the reason why
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so I Guess I'll keep on gambling'
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Lots of booze and lots of rambling'
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It's easier than just waitin around to die.
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Once I had a Ma, I even had a Pa
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He hit her with a belt once 'cause she cried
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She told him to take care of me
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Headed back to Tennessee
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It was easier 'n just waitin around to die.
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I came of age and I met a girl
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in a Tuscaloosa bar
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She cleaned me out and hid it on the sly
Em
well I tried to kill the pain
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I bought some wine and hopped a train
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It was easier than just waiting around to die
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My friend said he knew where some easy money was
Em B
We robbed a man and brother did we fly
Em
But The posse caught up with me
Am
drug me back to muskogee
Em B Em
Now it's two long years of waitng around to die.
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Em
Now I'm out of prison
Am
I got me a friend at last
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He don't drink, or cheat, or steal, or lie
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His name's codeine
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he's the finest thing I've seen
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and together we're gonna wait around to die.