Bend But Don't Break

Bend but don't break give before you take
 Always look em right in the eye
 These are words to live by
 Jim proposed to Sue she said I do
 they eloped into a summer's night
 Heading for Loredo that's the way wind blew
 They got in their first real fight
 Standing at the alter shoes and her halter
 Jim sweating out his Sunday best
 Looking all around them but nobody found them
 And this is what the preacher said
 Chorus:
 Bend but don't break give before you take
 Always look em right in the eye
 Always have a reason dress right for the season
 Never cheat and never lie
 These are words to live by
 Billy's washing dishes and all the time he wishes he could find a better way
 Yea and no season had rain for a country singer bound for a life of that fortune and fame
 He wrote a couple songs and they got a long into the hands of a bad Nashville man
 playin' on the radio and he ain't never seen no doe
 looks back down at them ugly pots and pans
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 Bridge:
 You know times in our life are nervous and reckless, sometimes it's hard just to get by
 Ain't it good to know that we can still grow So gimme one word and tell me one time
 Always me and mother and never were no other Daddy died when I was just three
 Always understood that she did the best she could I needed someone right there Momma would be
 I never thought twice to ask for advice when I got crazy in my head
 What ever the cause she would slowly pause And this is what Momma said
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