Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Named Woody,
and Woody was an Indian
Came from a town in Oklahoma called...
Bowlegs. (Yeah, buddy.)
And he used to have this saying,
He used to say when things got
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real lousy
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I mean real lousy
All you had to do was just put out the
And that's what this tune's
Verse 2
about. Heading on back
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Sometimes things don't work out,
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but that's how life is, son;
All them little miseries can
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keep you on the run
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One mornin' you may wake up
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with your face down in the eggs
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an' head it on back to Bowlegs
Y'all just put out the fire,
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Verse 3
Well, lots o' people in this world
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are tryin' to make a buck
Some folks ride in a limousine while
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Others drive them big ol' Peterbilt trucks
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the round holes and square pegs
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An' just put out the fire,
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an' head it on back to Bowlegs
Well, just put out the fire,
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Call in the dogs, an' head it on back
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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be what you're not
You run on a treadmill and you'll
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Get tired a lot. (Rhythmic breathing)
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me?; (Ooh)
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Verse 5
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Well, the moral of this story
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escapes me at this time
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I've been too busy sitting here,
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just tryin' to make it rhyme
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I'm a crazy drunken fool,
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and when I finish off this keg
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an' head it on back to Bowlegs
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an' head it on back to Bowlegs
I'll just piss on the fire,
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Verse 6
Well, right now, we're gonna do a little
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headin' on back ourselves
Head on down to Bowlegs,
water hole;
They got a beer down there
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with my name on it
They got a beer called Jeff?
(Laughing)
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Where is my...
(fades to unintelligible)
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(Laughing)
Outro 1
(Dogs barking)
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