The Low Road

	  		 

Intro: 
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Verse: 
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Oh, when I was at school some boys was picking on me 
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Pushed me down at the playground and I skinned my knee 
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Lord, I wanted to cry, it occured to me 
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Took my skeletor lunchbox, took out his front teeth 



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My daddy always told me do the best that you can 
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To be a kind hearted sensitive hard working man 
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But if the high road is closed and the lightnings comming down 
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Sometimes you gotta man up and take the low road around 
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Sometimes you gotta toughen up and take the low road around 



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Now, needless to say my bully problems did cease 
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But I found myself in love with a two-timing cheat 
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When she left I wanted to die Lord I didn't even eat 
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And in walks her little sister lookin all kinds of sweet 


 
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But my momma always said son you gotta try hard 
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To find a woman that will love you for the man that you are 
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But if the high road is closed and the lightnings comming down 
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Sometimes you gotta man up and take the low road around 
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Sometimes you gotta think quick and take the low road around 
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   Yeah, 



Instrumental: 
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Verse: 
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When I took my song to Nashville Lord it didn't take me long 
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To realize they ain't helpin you if you don't play along 
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I may not look and sound like money but my heart is in my song 
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Gonna keep doin it my way weather I'm right or wrong 

 
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My daddy always said don't ever try to be 
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Just like another one of them boys 'cause you ain't never gonna be 
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And if the high road is closed and the landslides comming down 
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Sometimes you gotta man up and take the low road around 
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Sometimes you gotta toughen up and take the low road around 
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Strap some chains on them tires and take the low road around