"ENOUGH ROPE"
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Well I work for the city in the town where I grew up.
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Some days I run a backhoe some days I run a dump.
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If I had other plans on my graduation day,
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Then several years ago I guess I hauled 'em all away.
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Yeah I hauled 'em all away.
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She told me she was pregnant on the day I turned 18.
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I did what your supposed to do. I bought her a ring.
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He didn't have to ask us, but he asked us anyway.
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We stood up and said, "I do." what else were we gonna say?
A D
What else were we gonna say?
A
Well I'm thankful for the things I have,
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And all the things I don't.
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And I've got dreams that will come true,
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And I've got some that won't.
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Most the time I just walk the line wherever it goes.
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'Cuz you can't hang yourself if you ain't got enough rope.
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My boss man is the mayor. I do just what he asks.
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I mow the courthouse lawn, watch the prisoners walkin' past
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I'm happy to be working, instead of wearin' chains.
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Like my cousin Willy, he's locked up in LaGrange.
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He's locked up in LaGrange.
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But I'm thankful for the things I have,
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And all the things I don't.
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And I've got dreams that will come true,
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And I've got some that won't.
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Most the time I just walk the line wherever it goes.
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'Cuz you can't hang yourself if you ain't got enough rope.
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There's a tavern down the highway, I go to drink some beers.
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And wash down all I'm missin' by hangin' around here.
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Then I drive back to the trailer; I'll makeup with my wife.
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I kiss my sleeping children, and I get on with my life.
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Yeah I get on with my life.
Submitted by: Jon Rich
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