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You want to grow up to paint houses like me a trailer in
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my yard till you're 3
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You want to be old after years keep dropping the hammer
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and grinding the gears
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Well I used to go out in a Mustang a 3 Mach One in
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green
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Me and your Mama made you in the back and I sold it to buy
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her a ring
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And I learned not to say much of nothing and I figured you
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already know
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but in case you don't or maybe forgot I'll lay it out real
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nice and slow
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Don't call what your wearing an outfit Don't ever say your
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car is broke
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Don't worry about losing your accent a Southern Man tells
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better jokes
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Have fun but stay clear of the needle Call home on your
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sister's birthday
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Don't tell them you're bigger than Jesus don't give it
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away
Six months in a St Florian foundry they call it Industrial Park
Then hospital maintenance and Tech School just to memorize Frigidaire parts
But I got to missing your Mama and I got to missing you too
So I went back to painting for my old man and I guess that's what I'll always do
So don't try to change who you are boy and don't try to be who you ain't
And don't let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy-man's paint
Don't call what your wearing an outfit Don't ever say your car is broke
Don't sing with a fake British accent Don't act like your family's a joke
Have fun but stay clear of the needle call home on your sister's birthday
Don't tell them you're bigger than Jesus Don't give it away
Don't give it away