It's A Great Life If You Don't Weaken Song Lyrics and Chords
It's A Great Life If You Don't Weaken Song Lyrics and Chords by Faron Young
It's A Great Life If You Don't Weaken
Recorded by Faron Young
Written Joe Allison, Audrey Allison, Faron Young
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Well it's a great life if you
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don't
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But who wants to be
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strong
Well I don't guess I'll ever make a million
I
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just want enough to get
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by
Like a checking account in two or three banks
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yellow Cadillac to
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drive
To go
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sporting around with two or three red-heads
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maybe take a blond
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along
It's a great life if you
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don't
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But who wants to be
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Just gimme my money in cold hard cash
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get my guitar in
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tune
And get me a date with a pretty little thing
And I'll
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be barking at the
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moon
Don't
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want more than anybody else
Just
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takes more for me to get
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along
It's a great life if you
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don't
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But who wants to be
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It's the
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simple things in life that really matters
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I'm a pretty simple guy
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give me a house a swimming pool
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little sport plane to fly
It
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don't take much to satisfy me
I'm a
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country boy trying to get
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along
It's a great life if you
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don't
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w-ho
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wants to be
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strong
FAQ
Who sang the the song It's A Great Life If You Don't Weaken?
- The song It's A Great Life If You Don't Weaken was sang by Faron Young.
Who is Faron Young?
- Faron Young (February 25, 1932 - December 10, 1996) was an American country music producer, singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s. Hits including "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style and his chart-topping singles "Hello Walls" and "It's Four in the Morning" showed his versatility as a vocalist. Known as the Hillbilly Heartthrob, and following a singing cowboy film role as the Young Sheriff, Young's singles charted for more than 30 years. In failing health, he died by suicide at 64 in 1996. Young is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
