This Aint Nothin

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[Verse]
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He was standin' in the rubble
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Of an old farmhouse outside 
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Birmingham

When some on-the-scene reporter
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Stuck a camera in the face of that
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 old man

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He said, "Tell the folks, please 
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mister, what are you gonna do
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Now that this twister has taken all 
that's dear to you"
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The old man just smiled and said, 
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"Boy, let me tell you somethin'
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This ain't nothin'"

[Chorus]
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He said, "I lost my daddy when I was
 eight years old
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That cave-in at the Kincaid Mine 
left a big ol' hole
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And I lost my baby brother, my best 
friend, and my left hand
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In a no-win situation in a place 
called Vietnam"

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"And last year, I watched my lovin' 
wife
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Of fifty years waste away and die
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And I held her hand 'til her 
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heart of gold stopped pumpin'
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So, this ain't nothin'"

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[Verse]
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He said, "I learned at an early age
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There's things that matter, and 
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there's things that don't

So if you're waitin' here for me to 
cry
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I hate to disappoint you boy, but 
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I won't"

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Then he reached down in the rubble
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 and picked up a photograph
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Wiped the dirt off of it with the 
hand that he still had
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He put it to his lips and he said,
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 "Man she was somethin'
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But, this ain't nothin'"

[Chorus]
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He said, "I lost my daddy when I was
 eight years old
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That cave-in at the Kincaid Mine 
left a big ol' hole
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And I lost my baby brother, my best 
friend, and my left hand
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In a no-win situation in a place 
called Vietnam"

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"And last year, I watched my lovin' 
wife
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Of fifty years waste away and die
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We were holdin' hands when her 
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heart of gold stopped pumpin'
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So, this ain't nothin'"

[Bridge]
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He said, "This ain't nothin' time 
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won't erase
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And this ain't nothin' money can't 
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replace"

[Chorus]

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He said, "You sit and watch your 
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lovin' wife
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Of fifty years fightin' for her life
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Then you hold her hand 'til her 
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heart of gold stops pumpin'

Yeah, boy that's somethin'"

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"So, this ain't nothin'
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No, this ain't nothin'"