STATE LINE BY COODER GRAW 
    WRITTEN BY MATT MARTINDALE 
 
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   OLD ENOUGH TO FIGHT THE LAW 
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   SHE GOT CAUGHT AND CHEWED OFF HER ARM 
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   SHE'S GOT A MAN TWICE HER SPEED 
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   TOO MUCH WATER ON A BAD SEED 
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   HE MADE BAIL ON A TRUMPED UP CHARGE 
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   BUT THE COPS MADE LIFE TOO HARD 
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   SO HE PAWNED SOME THINGS AND QUIET AS MOUSE 
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   BROKE HER OUT OF HER PARENTS HOUSE 
 
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   AND THEY CROSSED THE STATE LINE                   DOING 95 
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   STAY IN THE IT'LL DO MOTEL   WANTED BY THE LAW CAUSE HE SKIPPED BAIL 
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   AND HE TELLS HER ONE MORE LIE JUST BEFORE SHE STARTS TO CRY 
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   AND IF HER DADDY FINDS OUT THAT BOY'S GONNA DIE E E                
 

         D G   D G   D G   D C9   (1X)   
     ANGRY KID HOOKED NICOTENE 

     JUST LIKE HIS DAD IN JAIL AT 18 

     NOW HE'S 21 AND IN LOVE WITH A GIRL 

     JUST A KID NEVER SEEN THE WORLD 

     HEAD AWAY UP NORTH SOMEWHERE 

     AIN'T GOT NO MONEY BUT THEY DON'T CARE 

     THEY JUST ROB A PLACE AND GET SOME MONEY AND CLOTHES 

     AND GET SOME SPEED UP HER NOSE 
 
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      (MUSICAL BREAK....SAME AS THE CHORUS) 
 
 
     D G  D G  D G D C9  (1X) 
 
 
     RUN FAR ENOUGH TO CATCH YOURSELF  
     RUN OUT OF GAS YOU LIKE HELL 
     CAN'T OUT RUN A POLICE CAR 
     THEY LOCKED'EM UP AND PUT'EM BEHIND BARS 
     HER PARENTS CAME AND TOOK HER BACK HOME 
     HE'S UP NORTH AND NOT ALONE 
     COUNTY FOOD TASTES LIKE DIRT 
     HE HUNG HIMSELF WITH A COUNTY SHIRT 
 
 
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