I met him in a dive down in New Orleans I recognized his handsome face
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It was none of my business but I had to know what he was doing in this kind of place
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Cause he use to have money use to have honeys he used to be society's prince
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But he still wore a grin when I sat beside him and ask where all that money went
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He said some was spent on gamblin' a lot was spent women
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A little on some good Cabernet
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Three or four divorces at least as many horses that never left the startin' gates
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Diamond rings and furs swamp land in New Jersey that week I spent a year in LA
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I hate to admit I threw the rest away
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He said money don't mean nothing is this game of life it's just a way of keeping score
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Show me a man who's got everything I'll show you one who wants even more
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Well so smoke 'em if you got 'em cause when you hit bottom
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You gotta have a reason to smile
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You can have a little piece of the rock I'll take a little piece of mind
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He said some was spent on gamblin'...
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[ guitar ]
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Diamond rings and furs...
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I threw the rest away
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I Threw The Rest Away
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| Tracy Lawrence |
