But I Dropped It chords by Conway Twitty
Verse 1
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I woke up crying late at night
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when I was very young
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I had dreamed my father
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had passed away and gone
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My world revolved around him,
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I couldn't lie there any more
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So I made my way down the mirrored hall
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and tapped upon his door
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And I said, Daddy, I'm so afraid,
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how will I go on with you
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gone that way?
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Don't wanna cry anymore,
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so may I stay with you?
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Verse 2
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And he said, that's my job,
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that's what I do.
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Everything I do is because of you,
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to keep you safe with me.
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That's my job, you see
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Verse 3
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Later we barely got along
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This teenage boy and he
Verse 5
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Most of the fights, it seems,
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were over different dreams
Verse 6
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We each held for me
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He wanted knowledge and learning
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I could make it out there
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if I just had the fare I got half,
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will you loan me the rest?
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And I said, Daddy, I'm so afraid
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There's no guarantee
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in the plans I've made
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And if I should fail,
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who will pay my way back home?
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And he said, that's my job,
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that's what I do,
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everything I do is because of you,
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to keep you safe with me,
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that's my job, you see.
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Every person carves his spot
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and fills the hole with light
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And I pray someday I might
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light as bright as he
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Woke up early one bright fall day
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to spread the tragic news
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After all my travel
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I settled down within a mile or two
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I make my living with words and rhymes
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and all this tragedy
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should go into my head
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and out instead as bits of poetry.
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But I say, Daddy, I'm so afraid.
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How will I go on with
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you gone this way?
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How can I come up with a song
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to say I love you?
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That's my job.
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That's what I do.
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Everything I do is because of you.
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To keep you safe with me.
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That's my job, you see.
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Everything I do is because of you
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To keep you safe with me
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But I Dropped It
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