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Hank Williams Jr.
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I've been here longer and I'm stronger
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And I've seen as much as any man
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Now many's crossed me but none have bossed me
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And I don't believe they ever can
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Hello son, I see you're wearin' a gun
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And you say, you're on your way into town
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You say, your ma told you not to
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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
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That's a mighty mighty short walk
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So, why you worry your horse son?
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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
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And I guess, you've got plenty right to be
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But the law can handle your daddy's killer
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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
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'Cause she needs you
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She wouldn't stand to lose her only son
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Well, I see you thought it over
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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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