Verse One:
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Me and Billy Joe Taylor joined each other at the hip
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I loved him like the brother I never had
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He was my go to guy on third and ten
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He made me look good at the quarterback, mmmmm
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Texas had a man in the stands the night we beat the Panthers
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Said they had a spot for both of us that next fall
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We were riding high on pride and big time futures
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Small town paper said we had it all
Chorus One:
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Up until the night me and Billy Joe drank way too much for Blue Buck Road
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Born to Be Wild on the radio, God I still hate that song
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Both of died there in that crash, but I lived to wish I had that night back
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After that football didn't mean that much
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But until then, I thought that's who I was
Verse Two:
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Daddy had a hardware store where hard work was his living
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Peddling the hammers that built this town
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I broke his heart that summer when I told he what I wasn't getting
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How to sell the nails by the pound
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Spent my last paycheck on an RC and a Greyhound
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A front seat to the world I'd never seen
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Got a job, got a girl, had some cash and the world in my pocket
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Thought I'd found my place in the great machine
Chorus Two:
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Up until the night I got the call, Mama said Daddy didn't feel nothin' at all
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She broke down at the fellowship hall said baby we need you here with us
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I told my boss he wished me the best, I told my girl she wished we'd never met
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But I don't regret what I gave up
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'Cause until then, I thought that's who I was
Solo
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I drove straight through some twist and turns
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Lived through some crash and burns
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Stumbled through some lessons learned with the weight on my shoulders
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Went around the world to find the girl God had in mind
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He gave me a better life than the one I scratched up
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But until then, I thought that's who I was
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That ain't who I was