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Be Careful Who You Love (Arthur's Song)
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Hank Williams Jr.
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The old guitar picker had run out of liquor
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So I sat down beside him and bought him a drink
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Then I bought him another and finally some color
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Returned to his cheeks and he said with a wink
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"Son, I worked with your daddy, I knew Ernest and ol' Lefty
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I played on the Oprey back when it was strong
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But it's show-biz you know, sometimes it gets slow
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So buy me another and I'll sing you a song"
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"Be careful who you love, for love can be untrue
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Be careful who you love, be sure she loves you too"
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Well, you like it, I see and that's real pleasin' to me
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'Cause Bocephus, I've wrote hundreds and some you know well
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I wrote and sold 'em, they bought 'em and stoled 'em
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But paper is cheap, why they're just tunes, what the heck
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Then he tried to sell me the song he'd just song me
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I told him that song is a piece of your soul
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"Keep your song, here's some money", said Hank Jr.
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"Bless you, son"
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And I heard him singin' as I walked out the door
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He said, "Now Hank remember"
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"Be careful who you love, for love can be untrue
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Be careful who you love, be sure she loves you too"
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Well, that was about a year ago and now friends wouldn't ya know
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The songs a big hit, some superstar claims he wrote
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He sings it and grins and the money rolls in
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It's a wonder the words don't stick in his throat
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Now I think of that writer, his name was Arthur and I often wonder
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Just how many hit songs he sold in his time
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And how many men take the gift that God gave 'em
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And throw it away for the pretty red wine, quite a few
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Be careful who you love, for love can be untrue
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Be careful who you love, be sure she loves you too
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