Key: C major
Verse 1
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Wade is the singer,
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I spent my high
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school years in Oklahoma.
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I left as soon as I could drive,
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it's one thing to die slowly,
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it's another to be buried alive.
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I spent my life seeking pleasure,
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in a company of disreputable men.
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I never worked a day for a living,
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I just lived off the wages of slavery.
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I knew a pretty woman,
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but I guess that's over now
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It doesn't really
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matter to me,
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But now I'm on my deathbed,
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The farmer bring
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ing in the har vest,
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of all the wild seeds he had sown,
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of all the wild seeds he had sown.
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My mama was Christian,
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tried to raise me right,
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but by nature I was ill
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and I was drawn
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to neon lights.
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I lived my life a drunkard,
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I didn't give a good god damn,
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I started out to be a preacher,
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I never trusted anybody
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And I treated my loved ones like a joke
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Now my soul is headed for hellfire
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And my body's going up in smoke
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The glory train is leaving
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and some my boat will be shot.
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The wages of sin are guilty pleasures,
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but salvation can't be bought.
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Salvation can't be bought.
Play some guitar Johnny.
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Play it for me.
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You
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