Key: E major
Verse 1
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I seen an old fighter,
tired and in trouble
Who just couldn't take anymore
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Somethin' inside him kept
fighting to finish
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With only his feet on the floor-yeah
Verse 2
Lord, Lord, I know that it's worth
any price you could pay
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To see truth in whatever dis guise
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But I'd payed double for
one look of pleasure
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A piece of relief in his eyes.
Verse 3
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Ain't that clown,
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laughin' like crazy
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Ain't his eyes empty
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and deep
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Don't he sound
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sad as a baby
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When she cries out in her sleep
Verse 4
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We measured the space
between Waylon and Willie
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And Willie and Waylon and me
But there wasn't nothin'
like Billy Jo Shaver
Verse 5
What Billy Jo Shaver should be-no
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When When he showed up sick
later all bit by a spider
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And crazy to look in the eye
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He put on a show that was
sad as it should of been
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And nobody even knew why
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Ain't that
Verse 6
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clown
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laughin' like crazy
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Ain't his eyes empty and deep
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Don't he sound sad as a baby
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When she cries out in her sleep
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Outro 1
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