Do As I Say
Aaron Cain
©2001 

Capo on 1

G
He fell on hard times so we took him in
C                               Am
Said "it felt so good to be back again"
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He hadn't been hanging around since '72
He sure was rough around the edges
We'd find him hazing our pledges
He was an ol' fraternity man tried and true

he didn't dress with too much style
had a dirty mouth and a cigarette smile
but the lines on his face told a story or two
Eight in the morning he'd drive to the store
If he ran outta beer and he needed more
Lone Star or any other cheap one would do

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C                 G
He tried to tell me how to live life
C                  G
But he didn't think it came out right
D                    C                    G
yet the moral was as bright as the Texas sun
C                     G
between all the smoke and the beer
C                     G
his message came through loud and clear
D                  C                 G
It was do as I say and not as I've done

He once was successful and had a wife
But she left him and ruined his life
He took to drinking every single day
He'd get drunk and go for a ride
Until he ended up with two DUIs
The state had to take his license away

He'd raise a beer to toast Janis Joplin
Contemplate words of Kris Kristofferson
And we'd talk about the music of his time
He'd always tell me I was gonna be a star
Could picture me singing my songs in a bar
said he couldn't wait til the world heard mine

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One day he left and never came back
Only left behind an empty cigarette pack
And I haven't seen the man since then
My growing up was such a long time coming
But now I've got this tune that I'm humming
This song is for Him, wherever he is


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