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[Verse 1]
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Standing in the window with his tongue hanging out
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like the king of something evil in a year-long drought
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With a dirty white suit, a big white hat
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a bullet in his pocket no matter where he's at
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He's trouble  but ain't we all
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Trouble  but ain't we all

[Verse 2]
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His daughter was a looker but five'll get you ten
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He dressed her like a hooker and she smelled like sin
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She had a ragtop car, she made good grades
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She didn't like her daddy 'cuz he wouldn't let her date
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She was trouble  but ain't they all
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Trouble  but ain't they all

[Chorus]
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 Don't work for him boy
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 It's like selling your soul
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 He’ll turn his back and leave you
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 Way down in a hole
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 His daddy wasn't a good man
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 He owned most of the town
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 He bought up all the farmland
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 and tore up all the ground

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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He covered up the county in stone and creosote
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Came to football games in a new fur coat
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Had a real big wife and a real big grin
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He gave thanks to Jesus for the shape that he was in
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He's trouble  but ain't we all
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Trouble  but ain't we all

[Chorus]
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 Big sign on the roadside
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 telling me how to live
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 A couple things that he done
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 Real hard to forgive
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 So don't work for him, boy
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 It's like selling your soul
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He'll walk away and he’ll leave you
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 way down in a hole