I do what I can, I’m only a man, I don’t know it all,
I’ll help you go on, when you come undone, I’ll help if you fall,
I’ll give you my love, my heart and my soul, I’ll give it come rain or come shine,
together we’ll stay, together we’ll play, be one all the way down the line,
and while you’re asleep, I’ll wait ‘till you rise, bring coffee and breakfast in bed,
when you hit the stage, singing your songs, I’ll watch them as you knock ‘em dead,
but when you come home, return as you are, the girl I once met just by chance,
I never knew then, no I never guessed, together we’d share this romance,
one lucky guy, one who has found, what many have long searched to find,
a true love like this, yes this must be bliss, for me you are one of a kind,
to always see through me, to always stand by me, to know that I’ll always be true,
I’m done with my searching, I’ve found what I needed, yes I found it all here with you.
My nose is itchin', company's comin'.
Land sakes alive, as I live and breathe,
haven't seen you in a Coon's age.
Lookin' fat and sassy.
We're fair to middlin', barely gittin' by.
Livin' hand t'mouth, kids drivin' us up th'wall.
Uncle Sam bleedin' us dry. How're y'all farin'?
I'm on the skids, man, boss on my case.
Tossed out on my ear.
Ye gads and little fishes.
Ain't that the way, yah giv'em an inch,
they'll take a mile. You'll wind up
with your tail draggin' your tracks out.
Well, buck up, boy, every cloud has a silver lining.
Rome wasn't built inna day.
Don't give up before you start.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Keep your chin up, time heals all wounds.
Don't sweat it, man, it'll all come out in th' wash.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Put on a happy face, fake it, till you make it.
Stop monkeyin' around, actions speak louder than words.
Go out there and knock 'em dead.
It's every man for himself.
Let the chips fall where they may.
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