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AEight line machine and a sailor's daughter
ASomethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water
APlayin' for my supper six nights a week
AHurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve
DFour tin walls now there ain't much left
ALookin' like a homeless Cheers on meth
DHomer's in the corner, breakin' up a fight
AGood Lord, I hope I get paid tonight, I got a gig, baby 
ABurnt fried chicken and Lone Star beer
ACops and the kids drink free 'round here
AGirl behind the bar is takin' what she's givin'
ALyin' ‘bout her past and tryin' to make a livin'
DBroke pool table and some hard luck cues
AGo tell your mama, I done paid my dues
DEveryone 'round here knows my name
ASix nights a week in the Neon Flame, I got a gig, baby
[SOLO]
AThere's an old lion tamer parked behind the bar
AA hundred pounds of weed in a stolen car
AOil patch boys and girls who went to college
ARules you don't break and laws that ain't knowledge
DBarefoot shrimper with a pistol up his sleeve
ASome will go to heaven, some will never leave
DPills in the tip jar, blood on the strings
ALord, I never thought I'd see these things, I got a gig, baby 
AEight line machine and a sailor's daughter
ASomethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water
APlayin' for my supper six nights a week
AHurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve
AI got a gig, baby
AI got a gig, baby

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I Got A Gig

by Hayes Carll

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Eight line machine and a sailor's daughter

Somethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water

Playin' for my supper six nights a week

Hurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve

Four tin walls now there ain't much left

Lookin' like a homeless Cheers on meth

Homer's in the corner, breakin' up a fight

Good Lord, I hope I get paid tonight, I got a gig, baby

Burnt fried chicken and Lone Star beer

Cops and the kids drink free 'round here

Girl behind the bar is takin' what she's givin'

Lyin' ‘bout her past and tryin' to make a livin'

Broke pool table and some hard luck cues

Go tell your mama, I done paid my dues

Everyone 'round here knows my name

Six nights a week in the Neon Flame, I got a gig, baby

[SOLO]

There's an old lion tamer parked behind the bar

A hundred pounds of weed in a stolen car

Oil patch boys and girls who went to college

Rules you don't break and laws that ain't knowledge

Barefoot shrimper with a pistol up his sleeve

Some will go to heaven, some will never leave

Pills in the tip jar, blood on the strings

Lord, I never thought I'd see these things, I got a gig, baby

Eight line machine and a sailor's daughter

Somethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water

Playin' for my supper six nights a week

Hurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve

I got a gig, baby

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