| I got a brand new car that drinks a bunch of gas
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| Got a house in a neighborhood that’s fading fast
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| Got a dog and a cat that don’t fight too much
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| Got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch
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| Got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids
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| A couple big secrets I’d kill to keep hid
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| I don’t know God, but I fear His wrath
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| I’m trying to stay focused on the righteous path
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| I got a couple of opinions that I hold dear
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| Got a whole lot of debt and a whole lot of fear
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| Got an itch that needs scratchin' but it feels all right
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| Got the need to blow it out on a Saturday night
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| Got a grill in the backyard and a case of beers
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| Got a boat that ain’t seen the water in years
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| More bills than money, I can do the math
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| I’m trying to keep focused on the righteous path
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| I’m trying to keep focused as I drive down the road
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| On the ditches and the curves and the heavy load
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| Ain’t bitching 'bout things that ain’t in my grasp
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| Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path
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| There’s a friend of mine I’ve known all my life
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| He can’t get it right, no matter how hard he tries
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| Got kids he don’t see and several ex-wives
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| A list of bad decisions 'bout eight miles wide
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| Trouble with the law and the IRS
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| And where he’ll get the money is anybody’s guess
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| He’s a long way off, but if you was to ask
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| He’d say, «I'm trying to stay on the righteous pathâ€
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| Tryin' to keep focused as we drive down the road
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| Like back in high school before the world turned cold
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| Now the brakes are thin and the curves are fast
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| We’re trying to hold steady on the righteous path
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| We’re hanging out and we’re hanging on
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| We’re trying the best we can to keep on keeping on
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| We got messed up minds for these messed up times
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| And there’s a thin, thin line separating his from mine
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| We’re trying to hold steady on the righteous path
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| 80 miles an hour with a worn out map
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| No time for self pity, all that old crap
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| Just trying to stay focused on the righteous path |