Gas Well

[00:09.01]I've never been too good to pick up a penny and lately I've been falling short of too damn many
[00:25.03]Wife on my left and baby in my right, dogs at my feet begging for a bite
[00:40.93]Empty pockets make sinners out of bona fide saints
[00:44.90]Swore to my daddy I'd never tarnish his name
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[01:27.21]Droughts have been long and the floods have been fierce
[01:30.89]Ain't made a profit on the farm in near a dozen years
[01:36.03]There's money all around eight thousand feet down
[01:39.81]Be a few more months 'fore the drill can break ground
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[01:51.11]So far behind, every loan is denied
[01:54.97]And the bank has a mind to kick us out of here
[02:00.04]I'd see this whole world ground down to sand
[02:03.98]If I ever see the day that a suit takes my land
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[02:10.65]I've got a pistol and some TNT
[02:15.00]There's an armored truck on Tuesday that carries what I need
[02:19.08]I'm not proud of this cliff I'm jumping
[02:22.92]But I've got to make it through until the gas starts pumping
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[02:42.49]I'll take it on the road where no one will see
[02:46.46]I know the mountains better than a warrior Cherokee
[02:51.68]I grew up with Tommy and he did right by me
[02:55.52]I'll take the cash he's guarding by whatever means
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[03:02.08]I've got a pistol and some TNT
[03:06.32]There's an armored truck on Tuesday, carries what I need
[03:10.38]I'm not proud of this cliff I'm jumping
[03:14.35]But I've got to make it through until the gas starts pumping
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[03:33.28]I hope Daddy's not looking down as I wait here for that truck
[03:37.70]And if he is, I pray to God he sends a little luck
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[03:56.17]I've never been too good to pick up a penny and lately I've been swimming in so damn many
[04:12.02]Every check I receive comes at a high price, sometimes I visit Tommy's grave at night
[04:27.80]That well will yield high for many a year as the day of my reckoning surely nears
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