Reasons I Cheat
By Randy Travis
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A working day to long when everything goes wrong
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And a boss who don't know I'm alive
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I once had a notion I'd get that promotion, but now I barley survive
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A wife to demanding with no understanding
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Of why I stay dead on my feet
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A dimly lit tavern a willing young woman
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Are some of the reasons I cheat
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The hair that I'm losing and a women who's choosing
F G C
To lay sound asleep by my side
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The bills they are mounting thats when I start counting
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On someone to help sooth my pride
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A lady that knows me affection she shows me and a smile so easy and sweet
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The dreams that I've buried the load that I've carried
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Are some of the reasons I cheat
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My children keep on growing me age keeps on showing
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Like all of my old friends I meet
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So I'm getting older my life's growing colder
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Just some of the reasons I cheat
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Yes I'm getting older my life's growing colder
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Just some of the reasons I cheat