Key: D
Introduction:
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Theres a tyre on a rope above the swimming hole
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where Danny and Dave and Tim would go
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make up stories bout girls they know
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brothers and best friends
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Now the dams dried up and the rope is frayed
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Danny and Dave they ran away
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Timmy he just had to stay
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Cause hes the last man standing on this ground
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he was raised on this land and he aint leaving now
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all the other boys have packed up and gone
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leaving him to carry on
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cause he's the last man standing
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Mumma took a job at the general store
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Timmy built a ramp from the front porch door
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cause daddy cant do much round here anymore
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he just sits and stares
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And it breaks his heart not to lend a hand
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he says "There's too much work for just one man"
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Timmy says "dad dont you understand?"
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Cause I'm the last man standing on this ground
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I was raised on this land and I wont let you down
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all your other boys have packed up and gone
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you can count on me to carry on
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cause I'm the last man standing
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Sometimes late at night he dreams
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of places he wont see
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but he says "all they've got is me"
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Now hes the last man standing on this ground
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he was raised on this land and he aint leaving now
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now all the other boys have packed up and gone
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leaving him to carry on
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hes the last man standing on this ground
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he wont let his mumma and his daddy down
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all the other boys have packed up and gone
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they can count on him to carry on
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cause he's the last man standing
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he's the last man
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the last man standing