Secret

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There's an old train track, goes 
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back by the old mill
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Where the boys slip away everyday 
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to the whiskey still
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They sell shine by the bottle for 
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a five every Saturday
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Behind Old Red's Tavern but you 
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didn't hear that from me

[Chorus]
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'Cause we all, act like we don't 
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know, where daddy got his money for 
a fishin' pole
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A Zebco don't come cheap in this 
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day in time
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And we all, turn the other way, 
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'cause we've got bills that we can't
 pay
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It's a small town, and we know how
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 it goes
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It's just another secret

That everybody knows

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[Verse 2]
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Old man Rainey spends his days at
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 the local store
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He pays for a little but sometimes
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 leaves with more
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But he's always got a story 'bout 
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his boys shipped overseas
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And he hasn't been the same since,
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 so we let him be

[Chorus]
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And we all, act like we don't 
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know, that he ain't got nowhere to 
go
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'Cause he's too proud to beg for a 
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handout
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And we all, turn the other way, 
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'cause there ain't that much left to
 say
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It's a small town, and we know how
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 it goes
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It's just another secret

That everybody knows

[Bridge]
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Well this simple life ain't as 
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easy as it sounds
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'Cause we've all got things that 
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we don't talk about

[Verse 3]
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Jenny had a baby last Spring, now
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 she's all alone
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'Cause old man Rainey's boy, he 
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ain't coming home
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And now she drinks from a bottle 
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she got behind Old Red's
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'Cause she can't get the sight of 
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him leaving out of her head

[Chorus]
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And we all, act like we don't 
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know, when she comes into Sunday 
school
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With a smilin' baby boy in her arms
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And we all, turn the other way, 
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say "bless their hearts" and we just
 pray
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It's a small town, and we know how
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 it goes
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It's just another secret
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That everybody knows

[Tag]
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It's just another secret