Let Er Go

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[Verse 1]
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Last night I sat out on the boat
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 dock and smoked a big cigar.
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Let my mind drift back along the 
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road of life I've traveled down so
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 far.
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Started as a dreamer with a   
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suitcase in hand,
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a guitar on my back without a   
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care or a plan,
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a gypsy boy hitchhiking down the 
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road,   ah, here I go.
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[Verse 2]
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I fell in love at nineteen and I 
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thought the world lay there in her
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 eyes
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but the life I talked about was 
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not the kind that she had in mind.
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I was just a skinny kid who   
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played the guitar,
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one day I looked up and she went 
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  by in a car,
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driven by some guy I didn't know   I
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 let 'er [Interlude] go.

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

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

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[Verse 5]
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When I got back to Texas I 
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thought,   man, I finally found my
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 place,
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everybody is so friendly and they 
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  always have a pleasant face.
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The women all are pretty with a   
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wink in their eye,
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the cowboys at the bar are all so 
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  polite and shy
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except when they rode the bulls at
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 the rodeo; they say   let 'er 
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[Verse 6]
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Well, I put a band together and we 
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sat around and played songs that I
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 like.
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We sat around and worked them up 
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'till I thought we played them 
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all just right.
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The first gig that we ever played 
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I   stayed out too long,
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I went out and partied and we   
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stayed up 'till dawn.
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The next night at the club I 
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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 
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they were hits on the radio;
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promoters said they needed some 
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gonzo stuff on the country package
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 show.
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The record company said that they 
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were   caught by surprise,
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they said you guys are really hard
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 to   categorize.
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I don't think that they ever 
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caught our show,   they just let us 
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[Verse 8]
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Well, I've traveled round the 
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world and sang my songs for people
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 that I've met,
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I've made a lot of people smile 
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and, all in all, I still have no 
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regrets.
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I have got a family that I love 
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and they   love me too,
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I have a band I travel with 'cause 
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  that's what we do.
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And I see how quickly all the 
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years have flown;   let 'em 
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[Verse 9]
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Last night I sat out on the boat
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 dock and smoked a big cigar
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and let my mind drift back along 
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the road of life I've traveled 
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down so far.
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I thought of all the places I have 
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  been in my life
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and all the places that I have to 
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  see 'fore I die.
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I looked over at the boat tied to 
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the dock I said got on   and let 'er
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