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Sam Baker
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Well it's iron that he hangs
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He loves his work
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He drives hours each day
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He's never been hurt
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Got a back of steel
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Got burns on the sleeves of his shirt
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He drinks too much when stuff gets heavy
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He can't think straight his mind gets hazy
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He stops at a sports bar and everybody knows he's a flirt
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So he's driving to work
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With his head split open
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From last nights drinking and last nights smoking
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And he never got home
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And now there will be hell to pay
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"˜Cause she'll be yelling and he'll be screaming
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And the kids will be crying
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Like a house full of demons
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Says to himself, "Why do people live this way?'
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She says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies
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I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy
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Sticking around while he's drunk all over town
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But you don't see he can be so sweet
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He only gets mean when he gets in his drink
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He's good to the kids
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It's just sometimes he gets down"
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Iron drops bad
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You know it just seems to fit
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He gets busted on his wells
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He wants to just quit
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He wants to curl up tight on a cold white ground and cry
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But he works full shift
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Picks up a six
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It's almost Christmas
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The roads are getting slick
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She's gonna be at the door
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Gonna be hell of a fight
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So he's an hour out of Lincoln
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No shoulder on the road
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Its dark and its snowing
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He oughtta go slow
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But he pushes it forward
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Planes and slides like a sled
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The tires hit the edge
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He spins at the top
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The truck slides low in the ditch till it stops
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It hurts where he banged his head
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So he sits in the cab
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He can't read the gauges
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The wipers whip like wind over pagers
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It's loud
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There's static on the radio
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It gets too light to see
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He just stares
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It gets too light to see
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And then he gets scared
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Then the light was gone
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Just wipers, wind turned snow
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Well she says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies
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I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy
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Sticking around when he's drunk all over town
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But you don't see, he can be so sweet
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He only gets mean when he gets in his drink
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He's good to the kids
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Its just sometimes he gets down"
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So he pulls back on
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He drives real slow
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Throws the last of the six out the window in the snow
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Something's changed
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Saw light, he should have seen dark
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That's the last time he drank
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Still a hell of a fight
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She knew he wasn't lying when he told her about the light
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She knew he wasn't lying about the light
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(Girl)
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"It's iron that he hangs
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He loves his work
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Drives hours each day
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He's never been hurt
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Got a back of steel
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Got burns on the sleeves of his shirt"
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