[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Dear Heavenly Father
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What have I done
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Used to have it all
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Now I'm left with none
[Verse 2]
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The Great State of Georgia
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Took the farm away
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Because of the bills
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That I could not pay
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[Verse 3]
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My family's name has been here
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Since 1833
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A hundred years of sweat and blood
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Handed down to me
[Verse 4]
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So every day I work these fields
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And every night I pray
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For rain, but rain don't ever come
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And I doubt it's on the way
[Chorus]
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So what will I do
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when all else fails?
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What will I do
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when no water's in the well
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And what will I do
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when there's nothing left to sell
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Oh, what will I do?
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Only time will tell
[Verse 5]
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I hear there's work in Richmond
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And some in New Orleans
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But outside that Clarke County line
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Is a world I've never seen
[Verse 6]
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The paper say that the times are tough
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And money's running low
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But the bottom doesn't look so bad
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When the bottom's all you know
[Chorus]
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So what will I do
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when all else fails?
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What will I do
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when no water's in the well
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And what will I do
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when there's nothing left to sell
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Oh, what will I do?
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Only time will tell
[Verse 7]
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Dear Heavenly Father
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I've come before you now
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A bottle's in my left hand
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A pistol's to my brow
[Verse 8]
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The preacher says salvation
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Will cleanse all my bad deeds
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But I could never forgive myself
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For failing my family
[Chorus]
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So what will I do
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when all else fails?
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What will I do
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when no water's in the well
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And what will I do
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when there's nothing left to sell
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Oh, what will I do?
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Only time will tell
[Outro]
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