If the good die young
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1. It was Sunday morning, I was seven years
old,
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in
the backyard playing in a big mudhole.
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I was all decked out, ready
for church.
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had
my brand new suit all covered in dirt.
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2. Mama hit the ceiling, she was fit to be tied,
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talkin 'bout how she’s gonna
tan my hide.
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But Daddy was laughing when I
changed my clothes,
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saying,
"Mama leave the boy alone !"
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‘Cause if the good die young, if the good die young,
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Ma, our little boy's gonna have a lot of fun,
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’cause he's gonna live forever, if the good
die young.
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3. Ten years later had a hot rod Ford,
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constable
clocked me at a hundred and four.
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Judge said, "Boy, you're gonna hurt yourself,
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you'd
a long been dead if you were anybody else."
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’Cause if the good die young, if the good die young,
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oh, there ain't
a sentence gonna hold you, son,
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‘cause you're gonna
live forever, if the good die young.
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4. Well, I got a good heart, I wouldn't hurt a
soul,
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but
I'm gonna keep rocking till they call that roll.
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Ol'
St. Peter's gonna have to wait,
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I'm gonna
go to heaven but I might be late.
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‘Cause if the good die young, if the good die young,
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pedal to the metal, let your motor
run,
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’cause he's gonna live forever, if the good
die young.
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And if the good die young, if the good die young,
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they
got the jams, we'll have some fun,
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‘cause I'm gonna live
forever, if the good die young.
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+ I'm gonna live forever, if the good die young. + E ~
(Tracy Lawrence)