Verse 1:(spoken) 
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        It was winter time in Nashville,down on music city row 
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        And i was lookin&#039; for a place to get myself out of the cold 
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        To warm the frozen feelin&#039; that was eatin&#039; at my soul 
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        And keep the chilly wind off my guitar 
 
Verse 2:(spoken) 
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        My thirsty wanted whisky,my hungry needed beans 
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        But it&#039;d been of month of paydays since i&#039;ve heard that eagle scream 
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        So with my stomach full of empty and my pockets full of dreams 
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        I left my pride and stepped inside a bar 
 
Bridge:(spoken) 
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        Actually i guess you&#039;d could call it a Tavern... 
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        Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and stardust on the floor 
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        Friendly shadows 
 
Verse 3:(spoken) 
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        I saw that there was just one old man sittin&#039; at the bar 
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        And in the mirror i could see him checkin&#039; me and my guitar 
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        He turned,and said &quot;Come up here boy,and show us what you are&quot; 
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        I said &quot;I&#039;m dry&quot;-and he brought me a beer 
 
Verse 1-bis:(spoken) 
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        He nodded at my guitar and said &quot;It&#039;s a tough life,ain&#039;t it&quot; 
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        I just looked at him ,and he said &quot;You ain&#039;t makin&#039; any money,are you?&quot; 
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        I said &quot;You&#039;ve been readin&#039; my mail&quot;.He just smiled and said &quot;Let me see your guitar&quot; 
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        I&#039;ve got something you want to hear.Then he laid it on me 
 
Verse sang 1: 
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        If you waste your time of talkin&#039; to the people who don&#039;t listen 
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        To the things that you are sayin&#039;,who do you think&#039;s gonna hear 
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        And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about 
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        Are things they could be changin&#039; who do you think&#039;s gonna care 
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        There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind 
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        Who were crucified for what they tried to show 
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        And their voice&#039;s have been scattered by this world and winds of times 
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        Cause the truth remains that no one wants to know 
 
Verse 4:(spoken) 
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        Well,the old man was a stranger,but i&#039;d heard his song before 
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        Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door 
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        When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor 
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        And lonesome was more than a state of mind 
 
Verse 2-bis:(spoken) 
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        You see,the devil haunts a hungry man,and if you don&#039;t wanna join him 
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        You got to beat him 
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        I ain&#039;t sayin&#039; i beat the devil but i drank his beer for nothing 
                          G5 
        Then i stole his song 
 
Verse sang 2: 
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        And you still can hear me singin&#039; to the people who don&#039;t listen 
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        To the things that i am sayin&#039;,prayin&#039; someones gonna hear 
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        And i guess i&#039;ll die explainig how the things that they complain about 
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        Are things they could be changin&#039;,hopin&#039; someones gonna care 
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        I was born a lonely singer,and i&#039;m bound to die the same 
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        But i&#039;ve got to feed the hunger in my soul 
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        And if i never have a nickle i won&#039;t ever die ashamed 
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        Cause i don&#039;t believe that no one wants to know