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Second Effort
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Stan Rogers
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I've been sitting here crying since long before the day be-gan With my pockets full of nothing but broken dreams and my head in my empty hands The winnings that I thought I had and come so far to get Are further away then they've ever been, they've been taken by anoth-er man I wouldn't take a train for home even if I could Cause they've been saving their joy for the hometown boy who went away to make it good I bet they cleared away the parlour so my Ma can dance me in the door And the old man can wink, and pour me a drink and ask me what the tears are for It's harder to try a-gain than it was to be-gin A man can play a lone hand in a high stakes game, but it doesn't mean he's gonna win And somehow I've got to keep from getting further down Before I buy myself a bottle of cheap escape, and a ticket to anoth-er town I know I'm not crying 'cause I think I've had it mighty tough I did my best with all the rest, but it just wasn't good e-nough And I've been working and training too long just to make it here To merely swallow my pride and walk outside and come back anoth-er year It's harder to try a-gain than it was to be-gin A man can play a lone hand in a high stakes game, but it doesn't mean he's gonna win And somehow I've got to keep from getting further down Before I buy myself a bottle of cheap escape, and a ticket to anoth-er town I want to drown in the grape and make my escape, on a ticket to anoth-er town
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