Tom:
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Lucas was a redneck through and through
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Drinkin' and fightin' was all the boy knew
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Born with a corncob in his mouth
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In Tupelo Mississippi way down south
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His daddy died drunk with a belly fulla rum
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His mama died waitin' for a miracle to come
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People said, the boy's born to be a bum
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Hangin' around with the rest of the riff-raff
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Down at the pool hall on Main Street
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Wearin' a red bandana and a sweaty ol' straw hat
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Union-All coveralls, dirty bare feet
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One half stupid and the other half dumb
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Born to live and die in a sharecropper's slum
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People said, the boy's born to be a bum
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Now who's gonna cry when ya die, Lucas
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Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone
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Or will it be the black man you call the nigger
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The hippie that'cha beat up just 'cause you was bigger
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Will the riff-raff laugh at the epitaph on your tombstone
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Betcha says
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...Died like his daddy with a belly fulla rum"
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Now who's gonna cry when ya die, Lucas
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Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone
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Will it be the black man you call the nigger
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The hippie that'cha beat up just 'cause you was bigger
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Will the riff-raff laugh at the epitaph on your tombstone
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I'll Betcha says "Here lies
N.C.
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UHHHHHHHH! Goodbye, Lucas...
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