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[Verse 1]
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Last night I sat out on the boat dock and smoked a big cigar.
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Let my mind drift back along the road of life I've traveled down so far.
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Started as a dreamer with a   suitcase in hand,
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a guitar on my back without a   care or a plan,
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a gypsy boy hitchhiking down the road,   ah, here I go.

[Verse 2]
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I fell in love at nineteen and I thought the world lay there in her eyes
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but the life I talked about was not the kind that she had in mind.
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I was just a skinny kid who   played the guitar,
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one day I looked up and she went   by in a car,
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driven by some guy I didn't know   I let 'er [Interlude] go.

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[Verse 3]
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We headed down to New Orleans,   never been to that locale,
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found some work bartending and I   started running with some pals.
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  We had guitars and followed   babe Stovall around,
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we met some Cajun girls who had just   drove into town.
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They said that they were headed for the coast, we all said   let's all go.

[Verse 4]
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We were on life's adventure now, rolling cross   the great southwest,
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the first time I saw Texas I thought, man, this must be the best.
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When I got to A  I just   turned it around,
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their heads are up among the stars, there's   cracks in the ground;
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I really couldn't care less if it blows,   let 'er [Interlude] go.

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[Verse 5]
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When I got back to Texas I thought,   man, I finally found my place,
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everybody is so friendly and they   always have a pleasant face.
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The women all are pretty with a   wink in their eye,
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the cowboys at the bar are all so   polite and shy
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except when they rode the bulls at the rodeo; they say   let 'er [Interlude] go.

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[Verse 6]
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Well, I put a band together and we sat around and played songs that I like.
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We sat around and worked them up 'till I thought we played them all just right.
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The first gig that we ever played I   stayed out too long,
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I went out and partied and we   stayed up 'till dawn.
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The next night at the club I didn't show; the   bartender said: hey, let 'em [Interlude] go.

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[Verse 7]
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I got lucky with some songs and they were hits on the radio;
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promoters said they needed some gonzo stuff on the country package show.
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The record company said that they were   caught by surprise,
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they said you guys are really hard to   categorize.
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I don't think that they ever caught our show,   they just let us [Interlude] go.

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[Verse 8]
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Well, I've traveled round the world and sang my songs for people that I've met,
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I've made a lot of people smile and, all in all, I still have no regrets.
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I have got a family that I love and they   love me too,
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I have a band I travel with 'cause   that's what we do.
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And I see how quickly all the years have flown;   let 'em [Interlude] go

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[Verse 9]
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Last night I sat out on the boat dock and smoked a big cigar
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and let my mind drift back along the road of life I've traveled down so far.
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I thought of all the places I have   been in my life
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and all the places that I have to   see 'fore I die.
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I looked over at the boat tied to the dock I said got on   and let 'er [Outro] go.

[Outro]
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