Dawes – St Augustine At Night (Guitar)

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The cherry gum would cover up the cigarettes we smoked

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The 7-Up would balance out the beer

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Mom would make us dinner, and we'd all try not to choke

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Dad was working later every year

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We count the trucks on Highway 1 on their way to Jacksonville

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Wonderin’ where they headed on from there

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My brothers and my sister all stood spiritually still

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As if those roads became the answers to their prayers

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   But I didn't want it any other way

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This town was the one thing that felt right

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   All these tourists could be kings during the day

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  But not in St. Augustine at night

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I was working at the bait shack, supplying all the fishing tours

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Pretty soon I was chartering a boat

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My dad said I needed dumb luck and a secret stash of Coors

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If I stood a chance at keeping things afloat

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That's when my girlfriend told me “There’s a baby on the way

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And I need to know you're gonna go to bat.”

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Well, I never put off 'til tomorrow the things I shoulda done today

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No, I've always waited way longer than that

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  I have never had much say in how I felt

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I've been guided by my barroom appetites

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   So if this world belongs to everybody else

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Just leave me St. Augustine at night

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  The Lord must really love us common folk

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'cause he made so goddamn much

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  Now, if he'd just point the way to go

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  If he'd could just start speaking up

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  Our oldest brother left this world for leading one too many lives

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I guess he settled for none at all

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The rest of us just grew apart and blamed our husbands and our wives

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When anyone was asked why they don’t call

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Life became a series of birthdays, cars, and pets

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Just anything to look forward to

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I don’t talk about mistakes. I don't talk about regrets

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At this point, I’m not sure what good it would do

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  And I'm not asking for anybody's help

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As I gaze out where the stars dance with the lights

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  If I'm not sure how I feel about myself

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I still got St. Augustine at night

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Oh, I still got St. Augustine at night