Hank Green – T-Shirt And Jeans (Guitar)

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I remember when I was a young man

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My mama took me to the store

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And I was scared out of my mind

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As I stared at that dressing room door

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I was like: "What if the pants are

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too bright, too dark, too baggy, too tight,

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too big, wrong cut or too light

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Mom was like: "Just be yourself, son

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Whatever you choose will be right"

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Well, it's like she knew my very soul

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'Cause the pants I bought that day would change my life

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I left that store with a uniform

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That I was wearing when I met my wife

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And at my first pop-rock show

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And when I touched my first boob

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And the first time I read Thoreau

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I did it all in my t-shirt and jeans

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That's right, it doesn't mean anything

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People who know me know

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That I try not to say too much just with my clothes

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And if you wanna get to know me, man

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We're gonna have to talk

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So that you can find out who I am

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Well, jeans are pretty great

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They're durable and comfortable

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They're pants made out of plants

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So it's hard to argue they're unethical

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And I sure can say a little or a lot

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I'm a fan of unironic images of things I like

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Like giraffes or my YouTube friends or pants

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Or chickens, Jesus, nerds or bikes

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But if you really wanna know what I love

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most about this wardrobe is that

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It tells you very little about what lies beneath these clothes

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Just by looking at me

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You would never know if I'm a

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Thousandaire or a billionaire

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I wanna tell you with my mouth

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Not with the clothes I wear

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I think it's odd how when we rebel

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We put on uniforms

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Like eyeliner or fancy pants

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That come factory pre-torn

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It's easy to say

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Just because he dresses offbeat

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And a subcultural shortcut

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Might be what he's goin' for

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But it's always gonna be incomplete

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Yeah, we're never gonna know what that means

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T-shirt and jeans

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That's right, it doesn't mean anything

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People who know me know

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That I try not to say too much just with my clothes

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And if you wanna get to know me, man

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We're gonna have to talk

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So that you can find out who I am

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Yeah, We're gonna have to talk

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So that you can find out who I am