Ten pairs of boots ago
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Co-op, seven years old
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Got 'em with room to grow
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'Cause Daddy told me so
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If I wasn't Jake the Snake in 'em
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I was damn John Wayne in 'em
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By the time I turned eight in 'em
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Thought I was grown as I was only
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Eight pairs of boots ago
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Halfway past twelve years old
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Baptist-church-stained-glass glow
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I went down to save my soul
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Man, I swore I felt a call in 'em
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I was gonna walk the walk in 'em
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I never touched alcohol in 'em
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But like them Justins, messed that up, just
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Six pairs of boots ago
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Eighteen, met Jack and Coke
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Then tore off down that road
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Hard head as them steel toes
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Left under a bed left cold
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A different girl every night in 'em
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And I was kickin' out the lights in 'em
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Devil walkin' by my side in 'em
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The next four pairs just led me nowhere
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Two pairs of boots ago
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She said it's mine, she knows
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I damn near dropped the phone
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I thought my life was gone
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And I was thinkin' "Oh, damn" in 'em
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Had to face God's plan in 'em
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But I became a man in 'em
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Came full circle, found my purpose
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One pair of boots ago
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Co-op with my four-year-old
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I said, "Leave room to grow."
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I know how that story goes
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