All my rowdy friends have settled down (midi)    (sample)

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1. All my rowdy friends have settled down,

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    and they seem to be more into laid back songs,

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    and nobody wants to get drunk and get loud,

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    everybody just wants to go back home.

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2. I myself have seen my wilder days,

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    and I have seen my name at the top of the page,

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    but I need to find me a friend just to run around,

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    but nobody wants to get high on the town - -

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    and all my rowdy friends have settled down.

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    And I think I know what my father meant

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    when he sang about a lost highway,

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    and ole' George Jones I'm glad to see is finally getting straight.

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  And Waylon's staying at home and loving Jesse more these days.

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    and nobody wants to get drunk and get loud - -

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    and all my rowdy friends have settled down.

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    And the hangovers hurt more than they used to,

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    and corn bread and iced tea took the place of pills and 90-proof.

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    And it seems like none of us do things quite like we used to do.

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    and nobody wants to get high on the town - -

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    and all my rowdy friends have settled down.

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    Yeah,  I think I know what my father meant,

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    when he sang about a lost highway,

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    and Johnny Cash don't act like he did back in '68.

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    And Kris he is a movie star and he moved out to L.A.,

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    and nobody wants to get drunk and get loud - -

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    and all my rowdy friends have settled down.

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    Yeah,  me and my rowdy friends done rowded on down.

    (Hank Williams, Jr.)