Truth or Consequences

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Truth or ConsequencesGrowin’ up there taught me to work in the sunHunting with Dad taught me to handle a gunAnd how to keep my sensesSo I’ll wipe my cheek and look up tonightSay a prayer cos I know the same starlightShines on Truth or ConsequencesI long to trade these sands for New Mexico’sThe motor pool for a job at the TexacoBarb wire for picket fencesMy girl’s at home whisp’rin’ in her dreams to meCos though we’re separated by land and seaI sleep in Truth or ConsequencesDad feared I had too much of my big brother in meHe was right cos too much beer and that coulda been meOne bar fight put my brother behind prison fencesBut the fighter in me shipped out of Truth or ConsequencesSometimes I wonder if they’ll know me anymoreA hard heart guards my life and I can’t affordTo lower my defensesSo I’ll think of goin’ home and try not to cryIf I don’t there’s no finer reason to dieThan for Truth or ConsequencesYeah, I’ll wipe my cheek and look up tonightSay a prayer cos I know the same starlightShines on Truth or Consequences…Truth or Consequences©2007 Robert George