Billy Strings feat Willie Nelson - California Sober

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well, I used to like to ramble with my good-time friends and neighbors
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Now I find I’d rather lie awake in bed
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And I don’t get to actin’ mean when I keep my buzzes clean
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And keep the hard stuff and the whiskey from my head
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Well, I guess that’s just the trouble when you’re always seein’ double
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And the lines are gettin’ twice as hard to see
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I’ve had years I don’t recall, but I’m told I had a ball
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At least somebody did who looked a lot like me

[Chorus]
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So I’m California sober as they say
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And lately I can’t find no other way
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I can’t stay out and party like I did back in the day
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So I’m California sober as they say

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Well, I heard out in the hills, they got pills to get their thrills
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And they love their liquor down in New Orleans
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Maybe for a New York minute, sugarcane will fit the bill
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But in no time flat, you’re out of what you need
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The old crew don’t get together anymore these days much ever
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After some went straight and some went straight to jail
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Now they’re busy postin’ vids and just tryin’ to raise their kids
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Instead of raisin’ holy hell and postin’ bail

[Chorus]
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Well, I’m California sober as they say
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And lately I can’t find no other way
C G Em
I can’t stay out and party like I did back in the day
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So I’m California sober as they say

[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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I was California sober ’til I thought the world was over
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Now I’m sittin’ on the roadside once again
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When that wagon passes by, I don’t even bat an eye
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Because the devil on my shoulder always wins
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When that ol’ wagon passes by, I don’t even bat an eye
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Because the devil on my shoulder always wins