Intro
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[Verse 1]
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The cherry gum would cover up the cigarettes we smoked
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The 7-Up would balance out the beer
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Mom would make us dinner, and we'd all try not to choke
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Dad was working later every year
[Verse 2]
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We count the trucks on Highway 1 on their way to Jacksonville
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Wonderin’ where they headed on from there
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My brothers and my sister all stood spiritually still
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As if those roads became the answers to their prayers
[Chorus 1]
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But I didn't want it any other way
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This town was the one thing that felt right
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All these tourists could be kings during the day
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But not in St. Augustine at night
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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I was working at the bait shack, supplying all the fishing tours
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Pretty soon I was chartering a boat
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My dad said I needed dumb luck and a secret stash of Coors
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If I stood a chance at keeping things afloat
[Verse 4]
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That's when my girlfriend told me “There’s a baby on the way
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And I need to know you're gonna go to bat.”
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Well, I never put off 'til tomorrow the things I shoulda done today
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No, I've always waited way longer than that
[Chorus 2]
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I have never had much say in how I felt
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I've been guided by my barroom appetites
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So if this world belongs to everybody else
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Just leave me St. Augustine at night
[Bridge]
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The Lord must really love us common folk
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'cause he made so goddamn much
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Now, if he'd just point the way to go
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If he'd could just start speaking up
[Verse 5]
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Our oldest brother left this world for leading one too many lives
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I guess he settled for none at all
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The rest of us just grew apart and blamed our husbands and our wives
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When anyone was asked why they don’t call
[Verse 6]
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Life became a series of birthdays, cars, and pets
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Just anything to look forward to
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I don’t talk about mistakes. I don't talk about regrets
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At this point, I’m not sure what good it would do
[Chorus 3]
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And I'm not asking for anybody's help
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As I gaze out where the stars dance with the lights
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If I'm not sure how I feel about myself
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I still got St. Augustine at night
[Outro]
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Oh, I still got St. Augustine at night
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