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Artist: Hank Williams III
Canonical path: /hank-williams-iii/the-rebel-within
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The Rebel Within
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The Rebel Within
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Well the bottles getting lower again my friend
And hard times are trying it's best to get in
The bottles getting lower again my friend
So do yourself a shot and lets start to sin
The bottles getting lower again my friend
And do yourself a shot and lets start to win
The bottles getting lower again my friend
So lets light up a smoke and live hard till the end
And i'm doing right and you can do me wrong
Look out darling cause you know i'm c*ck strong
You can do me right and i'll do you wrong
Look out darling cause i'm showing you the rebel within
I'm drunk, again
You're stoned, again
Let's f*ck, again
Till dawn, again
I'm drunk, again
You're stoned, again
Let's f*ck, again
Till dawn, again
The more i try to keep on headin down, it makes me feel like i've lost everything i've owned
maybe it was all the hell i raised, or that fifth of whiskey that I drank for days
Was it cause I don't fit in, or maybe it was cause I had the devil as a friend
Now I know I never made momma proud, lets light up a smoke and we'll shoot it down
I'm drunk, again
You're stoned, again
Let's f*ck, again
Till dawn, again
I'm drunk, again
You're stoned, again
Let's f*ck, I'm showing you the rebel within
The more I try to do right, it just seems wrong
I guess that's the curse of livin' out my songs
Born of bad blood since day number one
Hell I was born soft? and a loaded gun
The life I live has always been fast as can be
And i never let the hard times make me weak
the bottles gettin' lower again my friend again
so lets light up a smoke and live hard to the end
And i'm doing right while you're doing wrong
Look out darlin' cause you know i'm c*ck strong
You can do me right and i'll do you wrong
Look out darlin' cause i'm showing you the rebel within
I'm drunk, again
You're stoned, again
Let's f*ck, again
Till dawn, again
I'm drunk, again
You're stoned, again
Let's f*ck, again
Till dawn, again
I'm drunk, again
You're stoned, again
Let's f**k, again
Till dawn, again
I'm drunk, again
You're stoned, again
Let's f*ck, again
Till dawn, again
The rebel within (i'm showing you), the rebel within
The rebel within (i'm showing you), the rebel within
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