(David Lee Murphy/Minnie Pearl)
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Well they took me home in the back of a checker cab
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After somebody took a chair cross the back of my head
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My mama said bring him on in
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And when they told her where I'd been she said
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Why can't people just get along
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Well mama never said a word as she patched my head
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I figured she wasn't happy with me gettin' her out of bed
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I said mama I hope you ain't mad
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She said come on we're going back hey
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Why can't people just get along
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Why can't people just get along
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What a world it would be
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If we could all just have fun
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'Cause it don't do nobody right
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When it comes down to a fight hey
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Why can't people just get along
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Now when I got trouble ain't no one I'd rather have
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Than my mama next to me with a broken bottle in her hand
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She went in swingin' and when she got through
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Everybody saw her point of view she said
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Why can't people just get along
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Why can't people just get along
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What a world it would be
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If we could all just have fun
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'Cause it don't do nobody right
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When it comes down to a fight hey
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Why can't people just get along
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Well now things don't always run smooth in a honky tonk
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And some nights somebody's gonna rub somebody wrong
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And in those isolated incidents
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We all loose our common sense hey
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Why can't people just get along
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Why can't people just get along
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What a world it would be
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If we could all just have fun
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'Cause it don't do nobody right
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When it comes down to a fight hey
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Why can't people just get along
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Why Can't People Just Get Along
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| David Lee Murphy |
