Born to a good father I have no excuse
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I could say I blame someone but what would be the use
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When I learn to travel now is when I learn to steal
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To ride without a ticket now along the lines of steel
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Oh you don't know the things I have seen
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Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
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Oh you don't know the cages I have seen
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Twenty years in and out of the Johnson Family
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I'd harnessed stones and took them to the fence
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I found my heart by moved the shop and always made the rent
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When I met old George now he showed me to the box
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Fresh out the night oh from the day now the money never stops
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Oh you can't know the cages I have seen
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In and out over the years of the Johnson Family
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Oh you can't know the troubles I have seen
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Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
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Call me a thief and a liar now you know you would be right
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Straight as an arrow I sit here tonight
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All my debts too heavy boys I cannot pay them down
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I pawn my watch and take a walk down to the sea to drown
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Oh you can't know the things I have seen
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Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
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Oh you can't know the cages I have seen
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Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
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Johnson Family
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| The Devil Makes Three |
