Corey Smith - Good Life

the good life
corey smith

verse 1 :
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sittin alone in my three bedroom home ,
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a mile east of where i was raised .
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stairin’ out the window at my dog in the backyard ,
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in the pinestraw covered with clay .
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damn he’s a mess , but we love him to death ,
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guess he fits in this family well .
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yeah we’re a blood line of sheperds used to roam in the pastures ,
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tryin’ to cope with this suburban hell .

chorus :
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aww , it sure aint the good life we’re livin’ ,
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yeah i reckon we’re happy enough .
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we’ve done well with the hands we were givin’ ,
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with a little hope and a whole lotta’ love .

verse 2 :

dad just finished buildin’ , it must’ve cost him a killin’ ,

that house out on rambeler’s end ,

he sent my brother off to college , walkin’ through the arches ,

man we’re all sure proud of him .

but he never tried to spoil us kept our hands in the sawdust ,

yeah we chipped in whenever we could .

we shared in the sweat and the blood and the tears ,

i guess he knew it would do us some good .

( chorus ) plus :
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lord we don’t have our fist full of dollars ,
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and we’re no southern aristocrats .
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naw , we aint got a lot but we’ve earned what we got ,
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and we couldn’t do it much better than that .

( solo ) play verse chords over lead .

verse 3 :

my wife quit her job now she’s workin’ full time ,

takin’ care of the baby and me .

and i’m playin’ in the bars tryin’ to pay off the debts ,

lord this half – acre didn’t come cheap .

and i come draggin’ in three and four in the mornin’ ,

smellin’ like tobacco and rum .

still she wakes up to greet me cause she loves me completley ,

says she’s proud of the star i’ve become .

( chorus ) plus :
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lord we don’t have our fist full of dollars ,
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and we’re no southern aristocrats .
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naw , we aint got a lot but we love what we got ,
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and we couldn’t do it much better than that .
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and i hope ole’ saint peter will have me ,
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when they throw my cauffin in the back .
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when that herse rolls away i hope all ya’ll will say ,
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he couldn’t do it much better than that ,
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he couldn’t do it much better than that ,
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he couldn’t do it much better than that .