Floater Too Much To Ask

Intro 
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verse 1 
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Down over the window 
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Come the dazzling sunlit rays 
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Through the back alleys, through the blinds, 
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Another one of them endless days 

verse 2 

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Honey bees are buzzing 
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Leaves begin to stir 
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I'm in love with my second cousin 
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I tell myself I could be happy forever with her. 

Bridge 1 

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I keep listening for footsteps, 
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But I ain't ever hearing any 
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From the boat, I fish for bullheads 
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I catch a lot, sometimes too many 

verse 3 

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A summer breeze is blowin', 
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A squall is setting in. 
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Sometimes it's just plain stupid 
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To get into any kind of wind. 

Interlude 1 
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verse 4 
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Well, the old men 'round here sometimes they get on 
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bad terms with the younger men, 
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Old, young - age don't carry weight 
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It doesn't matter in the end 

Verse 5 
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One of the bosses' hangers-on sometimes comes to call 
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At times you least expect, 
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Tryin' to bully you, strong-arm you, inspire you with fear. 
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It has the opposite effect 

Bridge 2 
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There's a new grove of trees on the outskirts of town 
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The old one - long gone. 
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Timber, two foot six across, 
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Burns with the bark still on. 

Verse 6 
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They say times are hard, 
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If you don't believe it you can follow your nose. 
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It don't bother me, times are hard everywhere, 
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We will just have to see how it goes. 

Interlude 2 
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Verse 7 
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My old man he's like some feudal lord, 
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Got more lives than a cat. 
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I've never seen him quarrel with my mother even once. 
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Things come alive or they fall flat. 

Verse 8 
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You can smell the pine wood burnin' 
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You can hear the school-bell ring. 
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Got to get up near the teacher, if you can 
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If you wanna learn anything. 

Bridge 3 
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Romeo, he said to Juliet, "You got a poor complexion 
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It don't give you an appearance of a youthful touch." 
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Juliet said back to Romeo, "Why don't you just shove off 
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If it bothers you so much." 

Verse 9 
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They all got out of here any way they could - 
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Cold rain can give you the shivers. 
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They went down the Ohio, the Cumberland, the Tennessee, 
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All the rest of them rebel rivers. 

Interlude 3 
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verse 10 
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If you ever try to interfere with me, or cross my path again, 
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You do so at the peril of your own life. 
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I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound, 
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I've seen enough heartache and strife. 

verse 11 
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My grandfather was a duck trapper 
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He could do it with just dragnets and ropes 
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My grandmother could sew new dresses out of old cloth, 
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I don't know if they had any dreams or hopes. 

Bridge 4 
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I had 'em once though I suppose 
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To go along with all the ring dancing, 
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Christmas Carols on all the Christmas Eves 
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I left all my dreams and hopes 
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Buried under tobacco leaves 

verse 12
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Not always easy kicking someone out, 
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Got to wait awhile, it can be an unpleasant task. 
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Sometimes somebody wants you to give something up 
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And, tears or not, it's too much to ask. 

Outro 
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