Well, my daddy took me campin'
Out under the stars
Left me by the fire

While he hit the bars
And I broke my finger
On a trailer hitch

Mamma called daddy
That son of a (*##$, alright


Well a hundred miles to go
You draggin' your $$#
I'm in a Japanese car

That ain't gonna last
And you forever drivin'
On the wrong side of the road

Wearing dungarees
That your mother stole


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Well my mamma loved me

But my daddy don't
I'm tryin' to work it all out
But I probably won't

I got a woman waiting
At the top of the stairs
It's the wrong thing to do

But I don't care

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Well she was blond and tall
She was 23

Brought into the world
To get the best of me
And she never paid back

Half what she stole
She wanted my money
So I gave her my soul


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Well I was flying half mast
On the 4th of July

In a bar in Lake City
With a western tie
And I was thinkin' hard

About changin' my name
And headed for Miami
When the daylight came


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