Key: G
Introduction:
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I was young when I got married, young when we had kids
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Young when mom got sick and moved in
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Dads gone, to that cancer song
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Before my dad died, he left me his .22
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A winchester rifle, it was his dads to
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Now its mine, my how time flies
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I pay our rent by cleaning, the offices in town
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We live on a bad side, where the police donâ??t come round
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It aint safe, but I canâ??t move us out
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The bills they stack up, in the mailbox outside
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Mostly from hospital, from before dad died
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And the rest were past due and shutoff dates
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Well the new guy on the job, talked me in on my way down
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We go half on some weight, I pay some bills we both get out
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Heâ??d front it too, what would you do
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I started selling to some old friends, gave some to granny Ruth.
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Sheâ??s sick with cancer, same as dads it helps her through
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I paid some bills off, was getting out
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Then I hear this crashing, outside my house
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These men came running at my maw maw, running at my wife
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my daughter started screaming, I feared for their life
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weapon drawn, I had not known
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The men who tore off my lock, and broken down my door
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And threatened my family, were officers of the law
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Darkened rooms, how could I have known
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Such a terror, inside my home
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Nine years to twenty, what have I done
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Nine years to twenty, intent and a gun
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To my family, what have I done
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For my family, what have I done
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Before my dad died, he left me his 22
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Look over your family son, do what you need to
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Dadâ??s gone, now Iâ??m solid gone
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But we always done, what needed to be done.