A Hard Lesson To Learn

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[Verse]
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Well, I heard Jimmy Rogers sing
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On my daddy's old record machine
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Something 'bout how when you've got love
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All you've got is love to lose
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And if I learned one thing about Hank
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Is that him and his kin like to drink
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Living whiskey bent, feeling lovesick blues

Straight to hell

[Chorus]
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I'm a whiskey drinking, new low sinking
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Love 'em and leave 'em kind
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And if it's worth keeping, you better believe it
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I'm losing it with my mind
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And you'd think I'd pick up from one of them songs
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Just one way not to get burnt
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But it's the same old bottle
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The same old blues
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The same hard lesson to learn

[Verse]
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Well, I heard that old George Jones
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Bottomed out from all of the no shows
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Girl, I'm watching my heroes run away like hall up pow
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And I live like a rolling stone
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Ain't worth it if I gotta be alone
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On the lost highway, the devil collects the tolls

[Chorus]
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I'm a whiskey drinking, new low sinking

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Love 'em and leave 'em kind
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And if it's worth keeping, you better believe it
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I'm losing it with my mind
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And you'd think I'd pick up from one of them songs
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Just one way not to get burnt
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But it's the same old bottle
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The same old blues
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And the same hard lesson to learn

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[Chorus]
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And you'd think I'd pick up from one of them songs
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Just one way not to get burnt
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But it's the same old bottle
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The same old blues
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The same hard lesson to learn
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It's the same old bottle
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The same old blues
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The same hard lesson to learn