Key: G
Introduction:
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I got a sad sad story friend that I don't like to tell I
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had a home and family when they locked me in this cell I
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been in here 18 years thats a long time I know but time
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don't mean a thing to me I got life to go. I went one
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night where the lights were bright to see what I could
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see I met up with and old friend who thought the world of
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me he bought me drinks and he took me to every honky tonk
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in town words were said and now he's dead I just had to
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bring him down. It's been a long long time now since I
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heard from my wife I know I'd be there with her if I
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hadn't used my knife I bet that little girl of mine don't
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realize or know daddy's been here 18 years and still got
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life to go. I bet there's not one man outside who's spent
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this long in jail I'll be here in this prison till my
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body's just a shell I can't be free to go and see the
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one's that I love so I been in here 18 years and still
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got life to go yes I got life to go still got life to go.