Purple Gas

[00:06.07] I've got plates for Purple Gas
[00:08.51] 'Bout the only break I catch
[00:12.26] But I am not the kind of man
[00:15.38] To blame the dealer on a losing hand
[00:18.49] Have a lone star in my eye
[00:21.57] The darker the sky, the brighter it shines
[00:25.00] Pump jack cheques and baler twine
[00:28.13] A ton of grit or maybe it's spite
[00:34.02] And if I weren't a flatland boy, I'd say I have a hill
[00:40.11] A hill that I will die upon if the climb don't get me killed
[00:46.48] If there were such heights around here for a guy to lay his pride
[00:52.30] Maybe I'd rest before I died if I weren't a flatland boy
[01:00.45] If I weren't a flatland boy
[01:05.46] I hammer down, hair straight back
[01:08.65] World blurs past, tell me, how's it that
[01:11.75] My horizon line's static?
[01:15.29] I guess at least it's a sure bet
[01:18.32] Was taught to not throw the first fist
[01:21.12] But if you take a hit, finish that son-of-a-bitch
[01:24.73] In a life having the upper hand's a myth
[01:27.38] Your only fighting chance is too stubborn to quit
[01:33.23] And if I weren't a flatland boy, I'd say I have a hill
[01:40.10] A hill that I will die upon if the climb don't get me killed
[01:46.22] If there were such heights around here for a guy to lay his pride
[01:52.43] Maybe I'd rest before I died if I weren't a flatland boy
[02:00.28] If I weren't a flatland boy
[02:05.27] Retired rail ties, point-nine wire
[02:08.66] Neighbor kid on the fencin' pliers
[02:12.09] Fargo that turns over fine
[02:14.73] At 40 below if you cuss it right
[02:17.98] A sly thumb of rye sometimes
[02:21.06] Keep a bottle hid with the Bio-Mycin
[02:24.15] You can dull the edge, you can look ahead
[02:27.13] But can't get there, it goes on forever
[02:30.95] Oh, it just goes on forever
[02:33.74] You keep your head down, it goes on forever
[02:43.10] But I've got plates for purple gas
[02:48.86] I've got plates for purple gas
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