Life To Go

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I got a sad sad story friend that I don't like to tell I
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 had a home and family when they locked me in this cell I
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 been in here 18 years thats a long time I know but time
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 don't mean a thing to me I got life to go. I went one
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 night where the lights were bright to see what I could
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 see I met up with and old friend who thought the world of
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 me he bought me drinks and he took me to every honky tonk
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 in town words were said and now he's dead I just had to
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 bring him down. It's been a long long time now since I
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 heard from my wife I know I'd be there with her if I
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 hadn't used my knife I bet that little girl of mine don't
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 realize or know daddy's been here 18 years and still got
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 life to go. I bet there's not one man outside who's spent
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 this long in jail I'll be here in this prison till my
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 body's just a shell I can't be free to go and see the
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 one's that I love so I been in here 18 years and still
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got life to go yes I got life to go still got life to go.