DGDG
Sittin alone in my three bedroom home,
DGDG
a mile east of where I was raised.
DGDG
Stairin' out the window at my dog in the backyard,
D - Dsus4ADG
in the pinestraw covered with clay.
DGDG
Damn he's a mess, but we love him to death,
GDGDG
guess he fits in this family well.
DGDG
Yeah we're a blood line of sheperds used to roam in the pastures,
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tryin' to cope with this suburban hell.
Chorus:
DGDG
Aww, it sure is a good life we're livin',
DGDG
Yeah I reckon we're happy enough.
DGDG
We've done well with the hands we were givin',
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with a little hope and a whole lotta' love.
Verse 2:
DGDG
Dad just finished buildin', it must've cost him a killin',
DGDG
that house out on Rambeler's Inn.
DGDG
He sent my brother off to college, walkin' through the arches,
DGDG
Man we're all sure proud of him.
DGDG
But he never tried to spoil us kept our hands in the sawdust,
DGDG
yeah we chipped in whenever we could.
DGDG
We shared in the sweat and the blood and the tears,
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I guess he knew it would do us some good.
(Chorus)plus:
DGDG
Lord we don't have our fist full of dollars,
DGDG
and we're no southern aristocrats.
DGDG
Naw, we aint got a lot but we've earned what we got,
GAD
and we couldn't do it much better than that.
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Verse 3:
DGDG
My wife quit her job now she's workin' full time,
DGDG
takin' care of the baby and me.
DGDG
And I'm playin' in the bars tryin' to pay off the debts,
DGDG
Lord this half-acre didn't come cheap.
DGDG
And I come draggin' in three and four in the mornin',
DGDG
smellin' like tobacco and rum.
DGDG
Still she wakes up to greet me cause she loves me completley,
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Says she's proud of the star I've become.
(Chorus)plus:
DGDG
Lord we don't have our fist full of dollars,
DGDG
and we're no southern aristocrats.
DGDG
Naw, we aint got a lot but we've earned what we got,
GAD
and we couldn't do it much better than that.
DGDG
And I hope ole' Saint Peter will have me,
DGDG
when they throw my cauffin in the back.
DGDG
When that herse rolls away I hope all ya'll will say,
GAD
he couldn't do it much better than that,
GAD
He couldn't do it much better than that,
GAD
He couldn't do it much better than that.