Can't Drink Enough To Sing chords by Owen Temple

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Verse 1
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Dale was painfully shy
back in high school
But he worked up the nerve
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and bought Carla a ring
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And he hits the open mic every Friday
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But he can't drink enough to sing
His mama said he shakes his leg like Elvis
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And his daddy said he does no such thing
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He hits the open mic every Friday
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But he can't drink enough to sing
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Then Carla says, honey,
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would you like another whiskey?
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I'd love it if you'd get
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up on that stage
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Honey, I know you think singing's risky
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But you've written out the
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lyrics on a page
Sweat drips off his brow into his bourbon
With just the thought of
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bangin' on them strings
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He hits the open mic every Friday
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But he can't drink enough to sing
Carla Huffson comes on to the waiter
She looks around
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and fiddles with her ring
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She hits the open mic with him on Fridays
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But he can't drink enough to sing
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And Carla says, honey,
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would you like another whiskey?
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I'd love it if you'd get
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up on that stage
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Honey, I know you think
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singing's risky
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But you've written out
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the lyrics on a page
It wakes up face down
on his momma's driveway
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With tore up lyrics and
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a thrown out break
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He won't hit the open mic next Friday
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Cause he can't drink
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enough to sing
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And his mama says
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Honey, would you like
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another whiskey?
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She'll love you if you get
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up on that stage
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Honey, I know you think singing's risky
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But you've written
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alphalerics on a page
Bill was painfully shy back in high school
But he worked up the nerve
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and bought Carla rain
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He hits the open mic every Friday
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But he can't drink enough to say
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He just can't drink enough to say