Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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McMurtry
Terry's off the track
Sent him away and he won't
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be back for a while
Fifteen years old
One night he lost control
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Straight shots
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He was in no mood for games
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Courtin' fate
Verse 3
or questioning why
Flash in the pan
Interlude 1
neck in his hand
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Verse 4
Been gone two years and he ain't
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been back a time
Sent him to a school
Pays attention and he minds
the rules
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And he makes no fuss
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In his room 'neath a sixty- watt glow
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Till the counselor shouts,
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Ringin in his ear
A flash in the pan
Interlude 2
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Verse 7
Someday he'll be comin' back,
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they say
His hometown looks the same
Same old streets and the same
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old games to play
Must be a dream
Eleven months he turns eighteen
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And he's outta there
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behind
him a good long time
Any old day
Verse 9
Sent him away and he won't
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be back for a while
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