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Hank Williams, Jr.
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I've been here longer and I'm stronger and I've seen as much as any man
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Now many's crossed me but none have bossed me and I don't believe they ever can
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Hello son I see you're wearin' a gun and you say you're on your way into town
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You say your Ma told you not to but you feel you got to
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Get that man that gunned your daddy down
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From the sheriff's office to the gallows boy that's a mighty mighty short walk
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So why you worry your horse son let you and I take it easy and have a little talk
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Cause I've been here longer...
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Well I can see that you're angry and I guess you've got plenty right to be
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But the law can handle your daddy's killer much better than you or me
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And remember your promise you made your mother
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That you never would fought on a gun
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So go on home to her boy cause she needs you she wouldn't stand to lose her only son
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Well I see you thought it over and I'm glad to see you going home boy
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And you wanna know what they call me
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Well I'm just the river they call me the Mississippi
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I've been here longer...
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