Bobby Pinson

If I Don't Make It Back

Bobby Pinson


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CAPO II 

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We went out for beers and a couple laughs, knowin' full well that every bad joke  
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Jimmy told could be his last 
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So we laughed like the world wasn't at war, said things to him we'd never said before 
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And he teared up when he held up his glass 
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Said boys, if I don't make it back 

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Have a beer for me, don't waste no tears on me 
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On Friday nights sit on the visitor side and cheer for the home team 
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Drive my camaro ninety miles an hour down Red Rock Road 
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With Born to Run blastin' on the radio 
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Find someone good enough for Amy, who would love her like I would have 
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If I don't make it back

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We said hey man that ain't gonna happen, don't even think like that 
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If we know you, you'll pull thru without a scratch 
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He pulled me aside in the parkin' lot, said Amy and me we're gonna tie the knot 
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And you're my best man, just wanted you to know that 
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In case I don't make it back 

CHORUS 

BRIDGE: 
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If the good Lord calls me home 
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I'd like to think my friends will think about me when I'm gone 

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Well Miller Lite ain't my brand, but I drink one every now and then 
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In his honor 
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And we ain't missed a home game yet, had that camaro at a hundred and ten 
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On Red Rock Road when the speakers blowed 
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And I introducted Amy to a friend of mine from Monroe 
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He's a good old boy, ah but you know, she just ain't ready 

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Yeah, this place just ain't the same 
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Without that smoke-blowin', rain-joke-tellin' 
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Fist-fightin', always-smilin, dear friend to me 
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Hold 'em proud and hold 'em high, let him hear you in the sky 
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To one hell of a guy 
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Here's to Jimmy 
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Yeah we gonna miss ya man 

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