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Sob StoryWhen Joey was barely sevenhe was a mean little brathe tied strings of firecrackersto his neighbor's catand when his mama caught himthat kid shoulda caught hellbut Joey never got punishedcos he'd learned how to tella sob storyhow it was all a mistakehe'd always beg for mercybut all his tears were fakehe'd say whatever worked'cept that he was sorrywhenever he got bustedhe'd break out his sob storywhen Joey started high schoolhe got an F in mathhis teacher said to shape upor he'd never passJoe put sugar in her gas tankand froze that engine coldwell, they dragged him to the officebut turned him loose when he tolda sob storyhow it was all a mistakehe'd always beg for mercybut all his tears were fakehe'd say whatever worked'cept that he was sorrywhenever he got bustedhe'd break out his sob storyJoe shot up a beer jointdown in Alabam'but he'd talked his wayout of ev'ry jamso he told ev'ry excusesaid he'd been abusedbut in spite of all his tearsthat judge gave Joe seven yearshe said, "boy, to me, you're a lyin' SOBand I don't wanna heara sob storyhow it was all a mistakehe'd always beg for mercybut all his tears were fakehe'd say whatever worked'cept that he was sorrywhenever he got bustedhe'd break out his sob story(c)2004 Robert George