William

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Well I remember William
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We weren't much more than kids
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His family lived in a run down shack
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Like the rest of the white trash did
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Now me and ole William
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We used to smoke out behind the barn
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Til his daddy caught him stealing 
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cigarettes
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I still think he broke William's arm
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When I was drinkin my first beer
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Ole William was getting high
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He got kicked out of school for 
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fightin and drugs
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And he stayed out late at night
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He never said too much about home
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Or the bruises on his back
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I asked him about em one time
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But he never answered back

Chorus:
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Yeah William
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You grew up hard and mean
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You weren't the apple of your mama's
 eye
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And your daddy was a burned out 
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fiend
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For what it's worth now William
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I know you could've had a heart of 
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gold
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But I don't think you ever knew 
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that you had one
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I don't think you were ever told
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He spent a year in reform school
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Cause he broke in a hardware store
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Now me and William lost track of 
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each other
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I never saw him much anymore
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The last time I seen William
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He was married and had two kids
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He tried to raise em like he was 
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supposed to
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But sometimes he raised em like his
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 daddy did


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Yeah William
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You grew up hard and mean
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You weren't the apple of your mama's
 eye
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And your daddy was a burned out 
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fiend
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For what it's worth now William
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I know you could've had a heart of 
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gold
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But I don't think you ever knew 
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that you had one
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I don't think you were ever told
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Well just last Sunday mornin
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Momma called me on the phone
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Said there's a story in the paper 
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about William
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She just thought I might like to 
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know
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He got shot by a city cop
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While he was robbin a local 
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drugstore
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He was survived by two hungry kids, 
a wife
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and a pool of blood on the floor


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Yeah William
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You grew up hard and mean
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You weren't the apple of your mama's
 eye
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And your daddy was a burned out 
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fiend
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For what it's worth now William
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I know you could've had a heart of 
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gold
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But I don't think you ever knew 
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that you had one
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I don't think you were ever told
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