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Turn South at Old Fort, Exit 73 that's a damn good road, that's all I know
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Wezel and denny's reside at grade steep, the gardens high as the sun is low
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life's longest days spent between ditches, a mind does spin as a wheel they roll
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you can sing with smiles or tears of agony, but it's alright if you know where to go
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blown tattoo and broke teeth, yeah I may look weak but i'm as strong as the road i'm on
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can't change all I've believed, or mistakes that I've made, i'm nothing more than where I'm  from

[Chorus]
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and I pity the beautiful as the beautiful they do pity me
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we all have hard times we all have reasons, we're here alone and alone we'll leave

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
N.C.
Someone say why it is I get all restless and travel light and always alone
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if there are reasons, I will find them, so much better time than I'd ever known
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sometimes I mISs silence, yeah I miss laughter, I miss content, I miss feeling whole
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I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one here, trying to figure it out, oh God as they go

[Chorus]
      C        G                                       D
and I pity the beautiful as the beautiful they do pity me
            G                                          D                     G
we all have hard times we all have reasons, we're here alone and alone we'll leave
             C                  G                                            D
so let's all sing, while we can sing, let's scream while we have a chance to scream
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it's a short time here, and a long time gone I'm southbound 40 mileing and free