Letter to Me-Brad Paisley

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[00:00.00]Letter to Me - Brad Paisley
[00:18.50]If I could write a letter to me
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[00:24.48]And send it back in time to myself at 17
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[00:29.91]First I'd prove it's me by saying
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[00:33.56]Look under your bed
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[00:36.22]There's a Skoal can and a Playboy
[00:39.10]No one else would know you hid
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[00:42.68]And then I'd say I know it's tough
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[00:48.04]When you break up after seven months
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[00:54.04]And yeah I know you really liked her
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[00:57.40]And it just don't seem fair
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[01:00.58]All I can say is pain like
[01:03.05]That is fast and it's rare
[01:07.13]And oh you got so much going
[01:10.54]For you going right
[01:12.70]But I know at 17 it's hard to
[01:16.64]See past Friday night
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[01:19.39]She wasn't right for you
[01:21.75]And still you feel like there's
[01:24.13]A knife sticking out of your back
[01:27.76]And you're wondering if you'll survive
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[01:31.56]You'll make it through this and you'll see
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[01:36.10]You're still around to write this letter to me
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[01:45.98]At the stop sign at Tomlinson and Eighth
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[01:52.30]Always stop completely
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[01:55.32]Don't just tap your breaks
[01:57.58]And when you get a date with Bridgett
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[02:01.15]Make sure the tank is full
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[02:04.13]On second thought forget it
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[02:06.84]That one turns out kinda cool
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[02:10.95]Each and every time you have a fight
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[02:15.92]Just assume you're wrong and dad is right
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[02:21.82]And you should really thank Mrs Brinkman
[02:24.91]She spent so much extra time
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[02:28.27]It's like she sees the diamond underneath
[02:31.33]And she's just polishin' you 'til you shine
[02:34.89]And oh you got so much
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[02:37.88]Going for you going right
[02:40.52]But I know at 17 it's hard to
[02:44.44]See past Friday night
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[02:47.32]Tonight's the bonfire rally
[02:50.23]But you're staying home instead
[02:52.76]Because if you fail Algebra
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[02:55.91]Mom and dad will kill you dead
[02:58.94]Trust me you'll squeak by and get a C
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[03:03.88]And you're still around to write this letter to me
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[03:09.56]You've got so much up ahead
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[03:13.72]You'll make new friends
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[03:16.36]You should see your kids and wife
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[03:21.40]And I'd end by saying have no fear
[03:25.42]These are nowhere near the best years of your life
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[03:34.46]I guess I'll see you in the mirror
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[03:38.03]When you're a grown man
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[03:41.18]P S go hug Aunt Rita every chance you can
[03:47.97]And oh you got so much going for you going right
[03:53.62]But I know at 17 it's hard to see past Friday night
[04:00.49]I wish you'd study Spanish
[04:02.94]I wish you'd take a typing class
[04:05.96]I wish you wouldn't worry let it be
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[04:11.12]I'd say have a little faith and you'll see
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[04:18.94]If I could write a letter to me
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[04:24.35]To me