Tom: E
Introdução:
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When I was a boy
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Four houses down from me was a family with an only child
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She was the only girl in this whole world that could make me smile
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Down the road, I made up reasons to go down the road
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Somewhere inside of me, there was something she took a liking to
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And I asked her to marry me and she said she really wanted to
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Down the road, and see what life's gonna hold, down the road
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Her mama wants to know am I washed in the blood or just in the water
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Her daddy wants to know if I make enough to take his daughter
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Down the road, before he can let her go down the road
Inst.
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Now down the street from here, there's an engineer with an only son
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And our baby girl says she believes that he is the only one, down the road
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Her mama wants to know is he washed in the blood or just in the water
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And I want to know that he makes enough to take my daughter
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Down the road, when it comes time to go down the road
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Down the road, you know I want to help her go down the road