Out in the junkyard in the pines
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They're working over time
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Hacking back them vines
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That are eating up their minds
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Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine
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We're doing 30 in a 45
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Disregarding highway signs
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You learn to take your time
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Down south in the summertime
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Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine
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It ain't no crime in being alive
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It ain't no sin, we're just trying to get by
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Lead our lives one day at a time
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Hand to mouth, low down in the dirty old south
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Living on the fruit of the vine
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Now some say love come COD
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Others turn to G O D
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Cash it in on PCP, IOUs and IEDs
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Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine
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Scraps of paper in a tree
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Photographs and memories
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Train wrecks of tangled dreams
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Lives coming apart at the seams
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Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine
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It ain't no crime in being alive
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It ain't no sin, we're just trying to get by
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Lead our lives one day at a time
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Hand to mouth, low down in the dirty old south
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Just living on the fruit of the vine
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It ain't no crime in being alive
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It ain't no sin, we're just trying to get by
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Lead our lives one day at a time
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Hand to mouth, low down in the dirty old south
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Living on the fruit of the vine
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Now that old vine, it never sleeps
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And it strangles as it creeps
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Out in the junkyard in the pines
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Fall asleep and you will die
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Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine
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You think you're gonna get your little piece of the sky
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Up in the sweet by and by?
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As for me I believe I'll try to get mine before I die
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Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine
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'Cause it ain't no crime in being alive
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It ain't no sin, we're just trying to get by
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Lead our lives one day at a time
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Hand to mouth, low down in the dirty old south
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Living on the fruit of the vine, living on the fruit of the vine
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Living on the fruit of the vine, living on the fruit of the vine
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Fruit Of The Vine
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Jim White |