Highway 17

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[Verse 1]

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I put away fifteen grand doing 
one-night stands mostly liquor 
stores and fillin' stations
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Me and this peepin' Tom by the name 
of J.D. Swan and any number of his 
odd blood relations
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It was armed robbery in 1957 and 
mostly our getaways were clean
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Then I'd pay off the boys and bury 
the bread out on Highway 17

[Verse 2]
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I had five kids and a wife with one 
dress and a yard full of cars that 
wouldn't run
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My two oldest boys they were on to 
my noise they despised what their 
daddy done
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But I did my thing the best I could
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 making plans by the light of day
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And then night would fall and it 
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was time to call and I was always on
 my way

[Verse 3]

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Now J.D. he was crazy and he was 
inbred he drank whiskey like it was 
goin' out of style
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You know I should have seen it 
coming the writing was on the wall
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He was getting just a little too 
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loose and wild and he made his 
mistake out on Airline Drive,
You know those North Houston cops 
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are quick they blew a hole in J.D. 
the size of Dallas
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And put a lump on my head with the 
brunt of a nightstick
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You know that 5 to 10 in Huntsville
 ain't no good times boys, but I 
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walked that line do you know what I 
mean
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'Cause my mind was snug on that 
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hole I dug out on Highway 17
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I said my mind was snug on that 
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hole I dug out on Highway 17

[Verse 4]

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So I served my time only way I knew 
how thinking big and making plans
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All about the way I was gonna change
 the world when I get my hands on 
that 15 grand
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You know C.W. and Herschel my two 
oldest boys they took care of their 
momma and their little sisters
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The best way that they could dealing
 dimes and stealing hubcaps
You know pretty soon they were doing
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 good so I walked out those prison 
gates a free man
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On the first day of November 19 and
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 '63 I kissed my wife and I hugged 
my babies
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But they didn't seem the same to me

[Verse 5]

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You know the boys looked on they 
were already grown
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It was written across their eyes 
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and their faces I'm the perfect 
sample of a bad example
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Gone forever from their graces, but
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 baby six long years and a lot can 
change
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Many miles beyond your wildest 
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dreams, but a six-lane wide modern 
interstate ride out on Highway 17
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Man they sunk my ship 'neath a 
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concrete strip out on Highway 17
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Man they broke my back they built a
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 concrete track out on Highway 17
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Well, people you know it ain't 
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funny, they buried my money out on 
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Highway 17