Pay Load Daddy

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
 
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Well my baby said honey now please don't go 
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I couldn't pay attention, had to hit the road 
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Cause my payment's comin' due on my rig in a week or so 
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Well I'd rather take a beatin' than to leave this town 
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Can't make a livin' just a layin' around 
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Well I'm a pay load daddy and I got a long way to go 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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Cause every four lane interstate's enough to drive a truck driver wild 
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You gotta keep your eyes open, there's an exit every quarter of a mile 
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Detour signs are here to stay, you drive 50 miles outta your the way 
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Well I'm a pay load daddy and I make a lotta friends that way 
 

Interlude 
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[Verso 3]
 
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Well I turned down a job a wearin' a big white collar 
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There's a whole lotta difference between a dime and a dollar 
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And I'm not afraid of automation takin' my job away 
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Well I talk about quittin', I never could 
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Number two diesel fuel is in my blood 
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Well I'm a pay load daddy and I sure do like the pay 
 


[Verso 4]
 
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Well my baby said I never had it so good 
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I hope my luck runs out, I wore my knuckles out a peckin' on wood 
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I got a tailgate ticket up in Kalamazoo 
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Well a woman never knows what a man goes through 
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Well I'm a pay load daddy and I'm just passin' through 
 

Outro 
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Well I'm a pay load daddy and I'm just passin' through