[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well once I met a rich man I was just seventeen
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Said mister howd ya do it you were born a pourman you?re not too different than me
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He said son you?ve got to work hard all your life
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Then the good luck will hit you right between the eyes
[Chorus]
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It takes some duct tape and some fishin? line cross your fingers for the first time
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Kick off the ground think you?re doin? good
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And when it all comes crashing down you did the best you could
[Verse 2]
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I said I got a good job in a rock and roll band playin? my guitar
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Got an old pa and a rusted out van I think well go real far
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He said whoa now son you?re talking bout a differet kinda life
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But who knows the good luck could hit you right between the eyes
[Chorus]
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It takes some duct tape and some fishin? line cross your fingers for the first time
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Kick off the ground think you?re doin? good
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And when it all comes crashing down you did the best you could
[Verse 3]
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The moral of the story will always ring true wherever your path may lead
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A rich man, a poor man, a writer of the song, a boy of seventeen
[Chorus/Outro]
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It takes some duct tape and some fishin? line cross your fingers for the first time
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Kick off the ground think you?re doin? good
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It takes some duct tape and some fishin? line cross your fingers for the very last time
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Kick off the ground think you?re doin? good
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And when it all comes crashing down you did the best you could
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And when it all comes crashing down you did the best you could