Elvie Shane - Forgotten Man

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Go to bed early, wake up at dawn
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Swinging from the hip and punching at the clock

Build a hell of a life what more could you want
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Than a week’s paid vacation and a pick up loan

Yeah

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[Verse]
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I got a little white house with a flag in the front
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Way that it is, is the way that it was

Dirt turns to mud here, steel turns to rust
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The color of my neck’s still the same as my blood

[Chorus]
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Daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar
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Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor
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Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar
N.C.
Can’t unpaint the blue on my collar

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[Verse]
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Gas is getting too damn high and land is too
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Can’t get your hands on an acre, that ain’t handed down to you

Towers moving in, sending rent through the roof
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But we can’t lay down, so we lace up our boots

[Chorus]
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Daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar
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Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor
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Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar
N.C.
Can’t unpaint the blue on my collar

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[Break]
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Here’s to their backs giving out and callous cracked hands
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The bank pissed away your retirement plans

But I’m still holding that flame

‘Cause I still give a damn
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About that beaten down forgotten man

[Chorus]
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My daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar
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Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor
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Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar
D A
Can’t unpaint the blue on my collar

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Daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar
D A
Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor
D A
Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar
N.C.
Can’t unpaint the blue on my collar

[Outro]
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