Me and Billy Joe Taylor joined each other at the hip
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I loved him like the brother I never had
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he was my go-to-guy on 3rd and 10, made me look good at the quarterback. Texas had a man in the stands the night we beat the Panthers
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said they had a spot for both of us that next fall
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we were ridin' high on pride and big time futures
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small town paper said we had it all
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Up until the night me and Billy Joe drank way too much for Blue Buck Road
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"born to be wild" on the radio, god I still hate that song
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both of us died there in that crash
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but I lived to wish I had that night back
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after that football didn't mean that much
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but until then, I thought that's who I was
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Daddy had a hardware store where hard work was his livin'
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peddelin' the hammers that built this town
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I broke his heart that summer, I told him what I wasn't planin'
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how to sell the nails by the pound
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Spent my last paycheck on an RC and a Greyhound
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a front seat to the world I'd never seen
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I got a job, got a girl, had some cash and world in my pocket
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thought I'd found my place in the great machine
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Up until the night I got the call
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mama said daddy didn't feel nothin' at all
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she broke down at the fellowship hall said baby we need you here with us
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I told my boss to wish me the best, I told my girl she wish we never met but I don't regret what I gave up
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cause until then I thought that's who I was.
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I drove straight through some twist and turns
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went through some crash and burns
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stumbled through some lessons learned with the weight on my shoulders
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went around the world to find the girl god had in mind
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gave me a better love than the one I scratched up
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but until then I thought that's who I was
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but that ain't who I was
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I Thought That's Who I Was
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| Bobby Pinson |
