[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown
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He saw the sunset on the Tennessee line
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He looked at the young man who was riding beside him
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He said I'm old kind of worn out inside
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I worked my whole life in the steel mills near Gary
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And my father before me I helped build this land
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Now I'm seventy-seven and with God as my witness
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I earned every dollar that passed through my hands
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My family and friends are the best things I've known
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Through the eye of the needle, I'll carry them home
 
[Chorus]
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Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
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Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
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You are young and you are the future
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So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can
 
[Verse 2]
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The rain hit the old dog in the twilight's last gleaming
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He said Son it sounds like rattling old bones
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This highway is long but I know some that are longer
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By sunup tomorrow I guess I'll be home
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Through the hills of Kentucky 'cross the Ohio river
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The old man kept talking 'bout his life and his times
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He fell asleep with his head against the window
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He said an honest man's pillow is his peace of mind
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This world offers riches and riches will grow wings
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I don't take stock in those uncertain things
 
[Chorus]
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Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
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Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
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You are young and you are the future
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So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can
 
[Verse 3]
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The old man had a vision but it was hard for me to follow
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I do things my way and I pay a high price
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When I think back on the old man and the bus ride
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Now that I'm older I can see he was right
 
[Bridge]
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Another hot one out on highway eleven
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This is my life It's what I've chosen to do
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There's no free rides, no one said it'd be easy
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The old man told me this my son I'm telling it to you
 
[Chorus]
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Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
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Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
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You are young and you are the future
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So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can
 
[Outro]
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