The summer was coming, I was out in the field,
then I heard a guitar playing, loud and clear.
I saw an old man, he sat by a tree.
He said, come and listen to me son, now, come and listen to me.
He said, hey boy what does life mean to you?
Does it mean go out, get drunk, drown your blues?
He said, if that's what it means to you,
Well that's a waste of life, and I've got nothing more to say to you

Quit my job and I went out, I bought my first guitar
Then I started to learn that thing
Instead of propping up some bar
Sent a tape, got a contract, made us all so glad
Then they started messing 'round with us
Now life's as bad, just as bad now.

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Are you trying to mess us up now, trying to make us quit?
If that's what you're trying to do jewboy, you ain't achieving it
Built up, knocked down, knocked down to the ground
Built up, knocked down, knocked down to the ground

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