God Bless the Absentee

[00:25.95] Lord, I am a working man
[00:29.41] And music is my trade
[00:32.25] I'm traveling with this five piece band
[00:35.73] I play the ace of spades
[00:39.37] I have a wife and family
[00:41.82] But they don't see much of me
[00:45.34] God bless the absentee
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[00:55.22] Lord, I am a surgeon
[00:58.24] And music is my knife
[01:01.31] It cuts away my sorrow
[01:04.54] Purifies my life
[01:07.99] But if I could release my heart
[01:10.81] From veins and arteries
[01:13.58] I'd say, "God bless the absentee"
[01:21.68] I miss my woman so
[01:24.75] I miss my bed
[01:28.04] I miss those soft places
[01:30.59] I used to lay my head
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[02:05.04] My son don't need me yet
[02:08.12] His bones are soft
[02:11.10] He flies a silver airplane
[02:14.16] He wears a golden cross
[02:17.42] God bless the absentee
[02:19.82] Lord, this country's changed so fast
[02:23.95] The future is the present
[02:26.98] The present's in the past
[02:30.15] The highways are in litigation
[02:33.38] The airports disagree
[02:36.84] God bless the absentee
[02:45.25] God bless the absentee
[02:51.60] God bless the absentee
[02:55.49] God bless the absentee
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