Ol' Jimmy, a real hard worker, loadin' trucks at the Feed and Save.
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Well-liked, a really nice fella: that's why it's hard to believe.
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One day, two counties over, he got caught with another man's wife.
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Shots fired, smoke cleared: her husband took Jimmy's life.
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In an instant, all the good stuff he'd ever done was all gone.
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Now everybody just remembers the one thing that he did wrong.
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You can have it all an' in the twinklin' of an eye,
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It can all turn around.
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If I live to roam this earth another hundred years,
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Without 20 seconds from right now,
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That ain't the way that I wanna go out.
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Rob Jenkins, sittin' on the back pew: head bowed an' his eyes closed.
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Preacher talkin' 'bout gettin' to Heaven, said: "Brother would you like to go?"
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White knuckles holdin' his Hymnal, while the choir sang Amazing Grace.
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He stands up, full of conviction: turns 'round an' runs out of that place.
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Off in his truck, says to himself: "Next Sunday, I'm a-gonna get saved."
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Runs a red light, hit broadside an' next Sunday is way too late.
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You can have it all an' in the twinklin' of an eye,
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It can all turn around.
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If I live to roam this earth another hundred years,
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Without 20 seconds from right now,
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That ain't the way that I wanna go out.
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I'm gonna do right, an' make sure I ask forgiveness before I go:
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I'm gonna take time, 'cause it's a fine line,
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Between here an' "You never know."
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You can have it all an' in the twinklin' of an eye,
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It can all turn around.
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If I live to roam this earth another hundred years,
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Without 20 seconds from right now,
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That ain't the way that I wanna go out.
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That ain't the way that I wanna go out.
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No I don't wanna go out.
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Ain't the Way I Wanna Go
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| Craig Morgan |
