The Company I Keep Chords - Drive-by Truckers






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THE COMPANY I KEEP

Intro:
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My Mama told me, your life is such a wreck
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   Your dumber than dogshit is what my Daddy said
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I was just thirteen when they showed me the door
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I keep their picture but don't look at it no more


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My first wife told me, you need to get a life
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My third wife told me to get another wife
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I brought a bottle and the van's parked right outside the door
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So come on darling, if you want to be number 4


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Sometimes I feel like s**t
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Sometimes it ain't half of it
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Sometimes I'm so high I'm scared to go to sleep
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Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep


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Ain't held down no job since 1984
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I get by holding up convenience stores
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I get by on liquor, guns and luck
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But I'm scared to death which one might run out first

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Sometimes I feel like s**t
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Sometimes it ain't half of it
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Sometimes I'm so high I'm scared to go to sleep
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Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep


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I seen my past in everything that I despise
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I've seen my future and I'm scared to close my eyes
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Is that my ghost that I see in my fears
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Or just my reflection in my Mama's tears

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Sometimes I feel like s**t
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Sometimes it ain't half of it
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Sometimes I'm so high I'm scared to go to sleep
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Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep
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Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep
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I pray the Lord, my soul to keep