Just Like You

Intro 
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Four years old in your overalls 
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Looking up with those baby blues 
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Heard you say, "Daddy, someday, I wanna be just like you" 
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Then I blinked a time or two 
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And now you're 17 
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Yeah, I know you know it all 
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And you think I don't know a thing 
 

 
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I was brushing off that angel off my shoulder 
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I was Saturday high, never Sunday sober 
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I lost a good friend around your age 
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So slow that truck down 
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'Cause it coulda been me that summer night 
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Yeah, it coulda been me running that red light 
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I still drive by that live oak tree with that wooden cross still in the ground 
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I know it hurt like hell when she broke your heart in two 
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Boy, I used to be just like you 
 

 
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When you walked in half past midnight 
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I could smell it on your breath 
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Like the time that I came home drunk 
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Scared my mama half to death 
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I had bloodstains on my shirts 
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I was busted up, black and blue 
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I'm not just your old man 
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I'm your best man, I know what you're going through 
 

 
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I was brushing off that angel off my shoulder 
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I was Saturday high, never Sunday sober 
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I lost a good friend around your age 
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So slow that truck down 
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'Cause it coulda been me that summer night 
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Yeah, it coulda been me running that red light 
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I still drive by that live oak tree with that wooden cross still in the ground 
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I know it hurt like hell when she broke your heart in two 
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Boy, I used to be just like you 
 

 
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Know I cried when grandpa died 
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Smoking them damned old cigarettes 
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He said, "The young man makes mistakes and leaves the old man with regrets" 
 

 
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I was brushing off that angel off my shoulder 
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I was Saturday high, never Sunday sober 
         G 
I lost a good friend around your age 
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So slow that truck down 
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'Cause it coulda been me that summer night 
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Yeah, it coulda been me running that red light 
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I still drive by that live oak tree with that wooden cross still in the ground 
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I know it hurt like hell when she broke your heart in two 
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Boy, I used to be just like you 
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I know it hurt like hell when she broke your heart in two 
 

Outro 
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Four years old in your overalls 
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Looking up with those baby blues 
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Heard you say, "Daddy, someday, I wanna be just like you"