Chris Knight – Enough Rope (Guitar)

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Well I work for the city in the town where I grew up

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Some days I run a backhoe and some days I run a dump

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If I had other plans on my graduation day

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Then several years ago I guess I hauled ‘em all away

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Yeah I hauled ‘em all away

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She told me she was pregnant on the day I turned 18

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And I did what your supposed to do,  I bought her a ring

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He didn’t have to ask us, but he asked us anyway

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We stood up and said, “I do.” What else were we gonna say?

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What else were we gonna say?

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Well I’m thankful for the things I have

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And all the things I don’t

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And I’ve got dreams that will come true

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And I got some that won’t

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Most the time I just walk the line wherever it goes

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‘Cuz you can’t hang yourself if you ain’t got enough rope

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My boss man is the mayor, I do just what he ask

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I mow the courthouse lawn, watch the prisoners walkin’ past

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I’m happy to be working, instead of wearin’ chains

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Like my cousin Willy, he’s locked up in La Grange

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He’s locked up in La Grange

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But I’m thankful for the things I have

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And all the things I don’t

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And I got dreams that will come true

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I got some that won’t

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But most the time I just walk the line wherever it goes

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‘Cuz you can’t hang yourself if you ain’t got enough rope

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There’s a tavern down the highway, I go to drink some beers

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And wash down all I’m missin’ by hangin’ around here

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Then I drive back to the trailer; I makeup with my wife

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I kiss my sleeping children, and I get on with my life

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Yeah I get on with my life