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[Verse 1]
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Well, I've never been a winner but I
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wondered if I wasn't myself
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'Cuz I've always been a sinner, I've never
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really felt like my own self
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I remember days of infamy
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I remember my friends and they remember me
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I guess I need a vision 'cuz I never really
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listen to advice
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[Verse 2]
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Well, I guess I need a vision 'cuz I never
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really listen to advice
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My father was a preacher
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My mother was a diligent wife
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I grew up with the choir singin'
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I grew up straight but I raised up swingin'
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By my own estimation I'm a drifter
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destination unknown
[Chorus]
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And it's all I can do to stand up
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I'm really tired but I raise my head and I
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step up
[Verse 3]
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By my own estimation I'm a drifter
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destination unknown
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Never lived a life that I'm ashamed to claim
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as my own
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Call it sin, call it salvation
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Whichever one it is I know I found elation
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High steppin' honey like a runnin' gun
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runnin' from the law
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[Verse 4]
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Well, I'm high steppin' honey like a runnin'
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gun runnin' from the law
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Never been afraid of anyone or anything I
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ever saw
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A fist came up and cracked my smile and then a man
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went down and now he's sleepin' for a while
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He's got a dirt bed baby, only baby, he ain't ever
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gettin' up
[Chorus]
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And it's all I can do to stand up
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I'm really tired but I raise my head and I
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step up, step up
[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
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Yeah, he's gotta dirt bed baby, baby he ain't
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ever gettin' up
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I had a dog named Moses
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Moses was a diamond in the rough
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For fourteen years he walked my side
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Walked this world, that's where he lived and died
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Meaner than hell but he loved me well indeed
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[Verse 6]
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Well, I've never been a winner but I wondered
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if I wasn't myself
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'Cuz I've always been a sinner
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I never really felt like my own self
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Call it sin, call it salvation
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Whichever one it is I know I found elation
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High steppin' honey like a runnin' gun
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runnin' from the law, and that's all, that's all
