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He was a boy who was a dreamer and he flew so high and proud 
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In a world full of people out to cut his young ass down 
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No one ever understood a single word he said 
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And they cast him to the wolves when he wasn't well and fed 

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But boys we've got a riser, a riser in our midst 
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And he will get the last laugh if it's the last thing he did 
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And he used to roll around in that red dirt mud 
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But now he's skipping town and that riser's out for blood 

 
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Don't stop goin', goin' south 
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Cuz' they'll let you play your music real d-mn loud 
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Don't stop headin', headin' south 
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They will understand the words that are pouring from your mouth 

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And that boy called his daddy to tell him what he did 
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That the masses screamed the lyrics of a messed up kid 
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And then he told his old man he was never coming back 
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To be cut down again in a town like that 

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And he surely came to learn people come to watch you fall 
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He's out to make a name and a fool out of 'em all 
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And they'll never understand that boy and his kind 
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Cuz' all they comprehend is a fuckin' dollar sign 


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           Am            F 
Don't stop goin', goin' south 
             C                        G 
Cuz' they'll let you play your music real d-mn loud 
           Am                F 
Don't stop headin', headin' south 
             C                              G 
Cuz' they'll understand the words that are pouring from your mouth