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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 23 
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You want to be old after 42 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 302 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 
      C     
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 
     C                            Em
Don?t tell them you?re bigger than Jesus, don?t give it 
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away
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Six months in a St. Florian foundry, they call it Industrial Park. 
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Then hospital maintenance and Tech School, just to memorize Frigidaire parts.
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But I got to missing your Mama and I got to missing you too. 
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So I went back to painting for my old man and I guess that?s what I?ll always do 
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So don?t try to change who you are boy, and don?t try to be who you ain?t. 
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And don?t let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy-man?s paint. 
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Don?t call what your wearing an outfit. Don?t ever say your car is broke. 
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Don?t sing with a fake British accent. Don?t act like your family?s a joke. 
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Have fun, but stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister?s birthday.
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Don?t tell them you?re bigger than Jesus, Don?t give it away. 
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Don?t give it away.