The Outlaw Ways

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[Verse 1]
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You know your grandpa was one of my heroes, hank.
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David, you were always one of mine.
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You know how I love them old Luke The Drifter songs
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Man, how I loved "The Ride."
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That song got me, all balled up, real deep inside
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That's the same way that I felt,
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The day that I heard Waylon died
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Ol' Jr. once said it best.
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A country boy can survive.
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Yeah I don't think you even started man
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To hit your hellbilly stride

[Chorus]
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It's the Outlaw Ways, living day by day,
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it's in the songs that we play,

it's in the things that we say.
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Might smoke a little, might drink a lot.
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Brothers of the road with broken hearts.
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If you think you might understand our crazy ways.
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You might be living the Outlaw Ways

[Verse 2]
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The ol' Louisiana Hayride always respected Hank,
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it's a shame that the Opry don't do the same.
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With all of them impersonators at the door.
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And they still won't reinstate the King of Country Music's name.


[Verse 3]
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I've got my kin folks they can't take that away from me.
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You've been doing your own thing.
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You know that's how it ought to be.
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Yeah you know you could've took the easy
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way out and just rode on ol' Hank Sr.'s name.


[Chorus]
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It's the Outlaw Ways, living day by day,
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it's in the songs that we play,

it's in the things that we say.
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Might smoke a little, might drink a lot.
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Brothers of the road with broken hearts.
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If you think you might understand our crazy ways.
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You might be living the Outlaw Ways


[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
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You put the cunt back in country
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And the dick back in Dixie too.
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Hell you know I was being a rebel,
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doing what I had to do.


[Verse 5]
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Sometimes you got to do a little more than
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just kick down their door.
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You mean like Johnny Cash in "A boy named Sue."
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Remember back when you told them to kiss your ass?
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Then you hit them with that "Longhaired Redneck" too.


[Chorus]
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It's the Outlaw Ways, living day by day,
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it's in the songs that we play,

it's in the things that we say.
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Might smoke a little, might drink a lot.
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Brothers of the road with broken hearts.
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If you think you might understand our crazy ways.
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You might be living the Outlaw Ways


Pre-Outro
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If you think you might understand our crazy ways.
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You might be living the Outlaw Ways
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If you think you might understand our crazy ways.
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You might be living the Outlaw Ways