- Snap Button Shirt
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- His pearl snap button cowboy shirt
was one that he had bought
- Cheaply made in Pakistan and sold
in chain stores by the lot
- But to him it was his favorite
cause he'd worn it on the day
- He'd found the ten dollar bill
when he had stopped to pray
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- Sitting on a bench outside the
store he'd swallowed pride
- To make the call to home cause
they knew he'd tried
- then he asked for help from God in
the midday heat
- looking round and wondering he
looked down at his feet
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- there it was just lying on the
concrete like a prize
- a green back dollar with a ten
looking at his eyes
- he knew he had enough to buy a
ticket on a bus
- that would get him closer to those
that made a fuss
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- he'd left to earn some money back
some years ago
- hit the road to cowboy and to work
the rodeo
- he'd gone out true enough and
learned to make a hand
- but he fell prey to himself as he
traveled cross the land
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- there was a couple years where he
earned a midland rep
- marking out good on saddle broncs
he had the try and pep
- then some bad falls laid him up
and he got buried by the debt
- so he skipped out and ran away as
fast as he could get
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- he'd hire out to day work and send
some money back
- then time passed on and he found
himself falling in the crack
- drinking more in some dark bar
where the jukebox plays
- and some big football game is
screaming on for days
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- then in one town he dried out and
made a call to home
- and through hard tears his father
said "You don't need to roam.
- We'll clear those bills up
somehow, we're here for you son."
- Then he sat down by the store with
no further need to run
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- He's made a good hand once again
and still has the shirt
- The old pearl button snap one he
bought cheap as dirt
- he wears it once a week to church
underneath his coat
- and if you need a ten spot you'll
get it with no note
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