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Well that steel was cold and hard, when they slapped them on my wrist
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17 headed straight to jail, drunk on half a fifth
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Daddy drove down to the jailhouse, said I ain’t gonna bail you out
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Between these steel bars and mamma’s broken heart, here’s something you 
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can think about 

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He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
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Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a little help
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Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
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The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails

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I went to my best friend’s funeral, he left a wife and two young kids
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I guess his reasons for dying got bigger than his reason to live
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That preacher’s voice faded in the rain and tears that day
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Until all I heard were my daddy’s words as we gathered round to pray

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He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
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Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a little help
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Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
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The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails

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Back roads Sunday morning, I was hit with Amazing Grace
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I heard a story ‘bout a carpenter and tear rolled down my face
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I saw that cross and God’s only son with his hands nailed to the wood   E                                                      B        A    E
And I thought of the years that brought me here and I finally understood

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He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
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The greatest gift that a man can give is dying for someone else
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Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
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The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
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The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails