The Ballad Of Eugene Pratt

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When I was just a young boy, on 
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the okalhoma plains
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I tried to keep my shoes shined, 
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tried to keep a clean name
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Way over town, lived a boy named 
Eugene Pratt
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And we weren’t allowed to talk to 
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him, say hi and none of that no no
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I went off to school, Eugene sat 
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right in front of my desk
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The kids they made fun of him, 
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cause Gene was such a mess Lord
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But oh, he worked hard, and he took 
home a mess of good grades
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And when it came time for him to 
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go to big school, Eugene went far 
away
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Cause that’s the way it was, and 
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that’s the way it is
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And that’s the way it was, and 
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that’s the way it is
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I went off to college, got myself 
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a job in the campus store
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But in the meantime, Gene spent 
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his time writin’ bout the world and 
war
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I didn’t understand, all the things 
he was talkin about
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So my friends and me from that old 
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fraternity, got drunk and blocked it
 all out (Yes we did)

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And then we graduated, lost our 
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deference, our excuse.
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And the man said, come here boys, 
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gonna put your education to a good 
use
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Went down to the draft board, saw
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 Eugene lookin’ alive and well
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But when it came time to put his 
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name on the line, he told them boys 
to go to hell (Yes he did)

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Eugene was by far the smartest, 
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the most concerned with humanity
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But it was him they took, far 
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away, and stuck in a penitentiary 
lordy
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I can’t help but wonder, if we’d all
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 stand up like him
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Then there’d be no one to carry 
those damn guns for something nobody
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 believes in

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But that ain’t the way it was, 
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that ain’t the way it is
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That ain’t the way it was, that 
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ain’t the way it is
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That ain’t the way it was, that 
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ain’t the way it is
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That ain’t the way it was, that 
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ain’t the way it is