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His daddy said

             
 son you ought

             
a quit dreamin

 
'
             
Put your feet 

              
on the ground 

              
and your futur

              
e in the hands

        
 of the Lord
              
But the boy sa

            
id no  that ai

             
n't enough dad

[Chorus]
             
All you got he

              
re is a ceilin

             
' four walls a

     
nd a floor

[Verse 1]
             
He left his ho

              
me in Buckalou

 
 County
             
He went thumbi

              
n' and sleepin

             
' on the roads

              
ide livin' in 


jeans
             
Along about Pi

             
ttsburgh he go

             
t him a good j

  
ob
             
Bought him a b

              
rand new Malib

             
u Chevy that w

              
as part of his

 
 dreams
              
He met a prett

            
y girl she was

              
 thinkin' of a

      
 family
              
He bought a lo

             
tta tapes for 

              
his Malibu Che

              
vy but he didn

        
't want more
              
And the pretty

            
 girl said  bo

             
y you oughta s

        
low down

[Chorus]
             
He said who ne

             
eds a ceilin' 

              
four walls and

   
 a floor

[Verse 2]
              
He did a littl

             
e drinkin' he 

             
did a little g

amblin'
              
Shot a little 

             
nine ball bet 

             
a little money

              
 on the footba

   
ll games
              
He picked up a

            
 habit he got 

             
it on the side

    
walk
              
His habit got 

             
bigger but his

             
 weekly payche

              
ck stayed the 


same
              
His daddy wrot

            
e letters but 

             
he never answe

   
red
              
The pretty gir

             
l begged him t

              
o give up the 

              
habit and to w

         
ork on a chang

e
              
It was a real 

            
small gun and 

             
a real small r

      
obbery
              
They locked hi

             
m up and they 

             
traded him a n

              
umber for his 


name
              
It ain't no bi

             
g news it ain'

         
t no big story
             
You didn't see

              
 it in the pap

             
er so I guess 

              
we oughta put 

        
it in a song
             
The boy got ho

             
oked and he co

             
uldn't get unh

     
ooked
             
And it's happe

              
nin' somewhere

             
 now and maybe

              
 that's what's

 
 wrong

[Outro]
             
His daddy said

             
 son you ought

             
a quit dreamin

 
'
             
Put your feet 

              
on the ground 

              
and your futur

              
e in the hands

        
 of the Lord
              
But the boy sa

            
id no  that ai

             
n't enough dad
             
All you got he

              
re is a ceilin

             
' four walls a

     
nd a floor.



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