Seven years of hardluck are comin down on me

From the Florida border yeah up to Nashville Tennessee

I worked in every joint you could name mister every honkytonk

And down come mister yankee slicker and said "maybe you what i want



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9000 dollars was all we could win

Still we smiled at the yankee slicker with our big ole southern grins

They gonna take me out to california gonna make me a superstar

Just pay me all my money and maybe you won't get scared



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Suckers steal my money since i was seventeen

If it aint no pencil pusher than it's got to be a honkytonk queen

Yeah

I'll sign my contract baybe but i want you people know

Every penny that i make I wanna see where my money goes



be sure to sign your contract

be sure to sign today

Gonna give you lots of money

Workin for MCA