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Lifetime To Prove

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WRITTEN BY:Chuck Mead 
TRANSCRIBED BY: JEFF GARY 
  
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MY POCKETS ARE EMPTY THOUGH MY WIFE HAS SENT ME 
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TO THE STORE FOR SOME CIGARETTES AND BREAD 
          F 
I STARTED WALKIN' THERE GOT AS FAR AS THE SQUARE 
         C 
THEN THE SMELL OF BEER WENT TO MY HEAD 
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THE THING ABOUT BEER, IT CAN MAKE A MAN HEAR 
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VOICES FROM DAYS LONG SINCE PAST 
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AND WITH EVERY THIRD DRINK IT'LL MAKE YOU THINK 
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THAT YOUR YOUTH WILL ALWAYS LAST 
  
          Bb 
NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU MOVE 
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IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO PROVE TO YOURSELF 
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I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE 
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I GOT ONE FOOT IN THE DOOR, I JUST WANT ONE MORE 
 
  
I THOUGHT OF A TIME WHEN MY FUTURE WAS MINE 
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAID 
I WAS HANDSOME AND STRONG AND WHEN I WALKED ALONG 
I STOOD ERECT AND LOOKED STRAIGHT AHEAD 
BUT THEN I LOST MY FIGHT, "GOING TO" TURNED TO "MIGHT" 
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE I LOST MY WILL 
AND NOW I'M SITTING HERE, MY LIFE FULL OF BEER 
AND I TRY TO PRETEND IT'S NOT REAL 
  
CHORUS 
 
SOLO (CHORD CHANGE TO G F=G Bb=C C=D)  
 
THESE DAYS I BARELY SURVIVE ON LOT NUMBER FIVE 
IN THE MOBILE ACRES ON THE EASTSIDE OF TOWN 
I SWORE THIS KIND OF LIFE I'D NEVER LEAD 
I GUESS I LET TOO MANY THINGS GET ME DOWN 
IF MY PAPPY COULD SEE WHAT THEY DONE TO ME 
I SWEAR HE'D MARCH DOWN THERE AND MAKE IT ALL RIGHT 
BUT HE'S LONG SINCE GONE AND I'M OLD ENOUGH NOW 
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGHT MY OWN FIGHT 
  
CHORUS 
 
TAG: LAST LINE OF CHORUS  
 
1985 Bobbex Music, Five Towers, Music 
a Division of Castle Publishing, Inc. (BMI) 
 
BR5-49 
P.O. Box 23288 
Nashville, TN 37202 
 
Lyrics Source - http://www.br5-49.com 
-Jeff Gary- 
jwgary@mail.utexas.edu 
 
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jwgary 
 
 
 
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