There Ain't No Easy Way

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Won't you listen to my story I gotta a tale to tell it's
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About a man who gets caught somewhere between heaven and hell
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Yea the man's in anguish I guess you could say
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There ain't no   easy   way
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Well when I was young boy I learned to play  the guitar
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It was me and old Jim Beam down at the local bar
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Yea I lost my childhood but I earned me a trade
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Now there ain't no   easy   way
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I found me a woman I gave her heart and soul
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I nearly lost my mind thru it all yeah she took control
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She gave me a baby child then she took it away
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There ain't no    easy  way
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I prayed to the father to the moon and the sun
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I prayed to anyone or anything that could get the job done
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I hear different voices but the words are  the same
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There ain't no    easy   way
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I went to this doctor to see what my trouble might be
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And I was looking at the bottom of his shoe while he was looking at me
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We sat there in silence but what I wanted to say
            Em
I wanted to say

SOLO

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When it's all over and my grave you stand
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Try to think of something good to say
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About this no good man
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Please do me a favor  won't you write on my grave
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There ain't no    easy  way