Drive By Truckers - The Company I Keep

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the company i keep

intro :
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my mama told me , your life is such a wreck
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your dumber than dogshit is what my Daddy said
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i was just thirteen when they showed me the door
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i keep their picture but don’t look at it no more
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my first wife told me , you need to get a life
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my third wife told me to get another wife
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i brought a bottle and the van’s parked right outside the door
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so come on darling , if you want to be number 4

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sometimes i feel like shit
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sometimes it ain’t half of it
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sometimes i’m so high i’m scared to go to sleep
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sometimes i’m lower than the company i keep

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ain’t held down no job since 1984
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i get by holding up convenience stores
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i get by on liquor , guns and luck
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but i’m scared to death which one might run out first
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i seen my past in everything that i despise
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i’ve seen my future and i’m scared to close my eyes
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is that my ghost that i see in my fears
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or just my reflection in my mama’s tears