Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Being young got old
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I couldn't wait to grow up
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When I finally hit eighteen
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I got out of this tired old town
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I didn't get back much
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As much as mama wanted
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The few times I did get back
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It didn't hit me like it is right now
Verse 2
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The house got small
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Dad lost his hair
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The rope swing and
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the trees aren't there
The neighbor,
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she ain't sweet old Mrs. Jones
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Little sister's not right down the hall
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Rex ain't around to fetch his ball
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No need to ride to grand
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ma's down the road
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Damn old Father Time for
Interlude 1
stealing home
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Verse 3
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It didn't take two weeks
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From the time the sign first went up
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Dad said the folks who bought it
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Sure do seem to love the place
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Mom called and I came
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To help her load the U- Haul
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Seems for every box I pack
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I find another yesterday
Verse 4
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The house was huge and
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dad had hair
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There was a rope swing on
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the tree right there
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No one baked a pie like Mrs. Jones
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And we grew like weeds on the kit chen wall
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Rex, he lived to fetch his ball
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And grandma was a bike
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ride down the road
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Damn old Father Time for stealing
Interlude 2
home
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Verse 5
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Little sister's not right down the hall
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Rex ain't around to fetch his ball
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No need to ride to
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grandma's down the road
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Damn old Father Time
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for stealing home
Outro 1
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