Key: C
Introduction:
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I was drunk as hell with a friend way back
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Down by Scotts Addition off a mainline track
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He said what was on his mind like I'd never heard it
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Then in come this train called the 170
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I heard it air up then felt it pull
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They say that rain on the face cuts when you deserve it
And I sat and I thought
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All that ain't right is over for at least tonight and if I die trying now
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I wont die wondering how life could've turned out
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Well that train hauled ass and made good time
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Down past Rocky Mount on that old Seaboard Line
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My friend just slept and I sat there silent
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I had some whiskey and some smokes and time to think it all out
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It made sense this whole heading south
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Sometimes it's best to slow your pace when you can't control it
And I sat and I thought
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All that ain't right is over for at least tonight and if I die trying now
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I wont die wondering how life could've turned out
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Down in Jacksonville that train broke up
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My legs where stiff I thought I'd walk it off
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My friend faced west and mentioned Pensacola
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I did the truck stop deal and prayed on four wheels
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Sat on my bag, heard a J-break scream
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I saw my face in a window and I thought I know him
And I sat and I thought
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Although it ain't right I'm not heading home tonight
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And if I die thinking here I wont die wondering
How life could've turned out