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I've Been Down That Road Before
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Hank Williams, Jr.
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Now friend if you'll just listen to me you'll get some good hard earned advice
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I don't aim to meddle in your business just tryin' to save you an awful price
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Now you see these teeth I ain't got and these knots on my bald head
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I'll guarantee you boys I didn't get them there just lyin' at home in the bed
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Now take the smart alec in any town of him folks want no part
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He acts like his head was only made just to hold his ears apart
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Now he might act like what I'm bout to say and my words may make him sore
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But I'm just tryin' to be thankful cause I've been down that road before
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To bully folks and play mean tricks was once my pride and joy
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Till one day I was toted home and mama didn't know her little boy
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My head was swelled up so doggone big I couldn't get it through my front door
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Now I ain't just talkin' to hear myself cause I've been down that road before
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A little fellow bout my size got tired of being pushed about
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So he went to work and when he got thru he'd knocked every one of my teeth out
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One time too many I'd rubbed him wrong and he evened up the score
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Now that's what happens when you get too big for your britches
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And I've been down that road before
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Now when you get to thinkin' you're really smart
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There's always somebody smarter than you
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And no matter how much you boast and brag you can still learn a thing or two
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Go get you some treatments just like I've had and you won't hanker for more
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I really learned the meaning of living and loving I've been down that road before
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Now the man that walks this rocky road usually gets just what he deserves
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Cause he's just a helpless servant to a master that he serves
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Now I've learned to slow my temper down and not to pick no scraps no more
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Boys it's a lot easier on the head and eyes I've been down that road before
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