I'm Gonna Try To Be That Way

	  		
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Once upon a time there lived a man  Hmm Hmm 
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Many years ago in a foreign land 
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He knew how to live right, tried to be a light 
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Gave everybody a helping hand 


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I'm gonna try to be that way Hmm Hmm 
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I'm gonna try to be that way 
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Do the kind of things Lord a man oughta do 
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Say the kind of things a man oughta say 
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I'm gonna try to be that way 



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He never done anybody wrong 
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He tried to help everybody 'long 
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He brought a better land to make a better man 

Out of the rich or the poor 
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Or the weak or the strong 

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And he preached love and brotherhood 
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He went around doin' good, doin' good 
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Everywhere he went they knew that he was sent 
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And the people started actin' like they should 


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I'm gonna try to be that way Hmm Hmm 
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I'm gonna try to be that way 
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Do the kind of things Lord a man oughta do 
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Say the kind of things a man oughta say 
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I'm gonna try to be that way