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From: Robert Sin
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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 don�t or maybe forgot, I�ll lay it out real
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nice and slow
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Don�t call what your wearing an outfit. Don�t ever say your
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car is broke
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Don�t 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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sister�s birthday
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Don�t tell them you�re bigger than Jesus, don�t give it
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away
Six months in a St. Florian foundry, they call it Industrial Park.
Then hospital maintenance and Tech School just to memorize Frigidaire parts.
But I got to missing your Mama and I got to missing you too.
So I went back to painting for my old man and I guess that�s what I�ll always do
So don�t try to change who you are boy, and don�t try to be who you ain�t.
And don�t let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy-man�s paint.
Don�t call what your wearing an outfit. Don�t ever say your car is broke.
Don�t sing with a fake British accent. Don�t act like your family�s a joke.
Have fun, but stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister�s birthday.
Don�t tell them you�re bigger than Jesus, Don�t give it away.
Don�t give it away.