Drive By Truckers - Outfit

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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 dont or maybe forgot , ill lay it out real
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nice and slow

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dont call what your wearing an outfit . dont ever say your
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car is broke
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dont worry about losing your accent , a southern man tells
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better jokes
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have fun but stay clear of the needle . call home on your
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sisters birthday
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dont tell them youre bigger than jesus , dont 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 thats what ill always do
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so dont try to change who you are boy , and dont try to be who you aint .
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and dont let me catch you in kendale with a bucket of wealthy – mans paint .
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dont call what your wearing an outfit . dont ever say your car is broke .
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dont sing with a fake british accent . dont act like your familys a joke .
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have fun , but stay clear of the needle , call home on your sisters birthday .
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dont tell them youre bigger than jesus , dont give it away .
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dont give it away .