J. B. Lenoir

Good Advice

J. B. Lenoir


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[Chorus 1]
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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You keep on goin' if you sure you right.

[Verse 1]
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You strain out a gnat, you swallow a camel.
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A blind man beg but a fool he gamble.
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A barking dog is soon to bite.
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What's done in the dark will come to the light.

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You can't tell a farmer from a lover.
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You can't judge a book just looking at the cover.

[Chorus 2]
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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You keep on goin' if you sure you right.

[Verse 2]
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A weak brain and a narrow mind.
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Has caused many men to be left behind.
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Some will see, mighty few know.
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Many will start but a very few go.

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The darkest part of night is just before day.
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And when the cat is gone, the mouse will surely play.

[Chorus 3]
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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You keep on goin' if you sure you right.

[Verse 3]
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You fight the fire, you the fan the flames.
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Time will change everything.
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An eye for eye, a tooth for a tooth.
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The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice.

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Now if a man don't work, he's bound to steal.
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Because the grass look green in the other field.

[Chorus 4]
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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What grandma told me, it was good advice.
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You keep on goin' if you sure you right.

[Outtro]
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