OREGON

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Oregon Coast, I hit a pub

Shot of rum and a Henny and Coke

I saw a man, eighty-one, maybe seventy-four

Said, "What's up?", got a beer, started making a toast

Told him I was on the road working my ass off

So one day I can kick back, sit and relax more

He did a little laugh, now he laughing his ass off

Leaned in close 'bout to give me a crash course

"Wanna hear a story, son?

It's not long, won't last 'til the morning come

Know I look a little rough when I'm off the drugs

Let me tell you 'bout my life, won't cost you none"

I said, "Go 'head"

He said, "I was born in a small town

Living was easy, wasn't nobody needy

It was happiness all 'round

My cousin would visit me from the city

And tell me about the wealthy and busy

Money and women and clubs

Company dinners and drugs

You can get a big house

Chef in the kitchen, what's up?"

I was just simple and young, fishing and living it up

Did a lil' work but I really just did what I want

Anyway, I figured I would try out a new place

Find me a good job, hustle and get paid

Money to get made, grind going into the nighttime

Little stressed out, marijuana and white wine

Step by step on the ladder I climbed up

Wishing I was home, on a hike or a bike ride

I was living in the fast life, getting this cash right

Noticing it came with a bad price

Five, ten, twenty years passed me by

And that grind shit ran me dry

Made M's, in the field I was in so it felt like time

To retire and kick back and relax my mind

And so I moved to a small town

Living was easy, wasn't nobody needy, it was happiness all 'round

Now I was simple and old thinking this living was low

Just to come right back to a familiar home

Ain't it a trip, though?

Could've been living like this, though

Lake house good as it get, though

Before you hit the road

Make sure that what you covet is better than what you own

Just wanted to let you know