Jimmy Wayne - Kerosene Kid lyrics

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I know what it's like, growing up poor <br>

I remember that night walking home from the store <br>

Stopping every few minutes, sitting down that jug <br>

Blowing on my hands trying to warm them up <br>

And seeing that other kid from my homeroom class <br>

In that nice warm car, as he rode past <br>

And our eyes meeting as they sometimes did <br>

Reading my name on his lips <br>

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Kerosene kid, don't let 'em get you down <br>

Just hold your head up and be proud <br>

Kerosene kid, they don't understand <br>

Everything that we got is a gift <br>

Kerosene kid <br>

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I get home with that jug <br>

Mama filled up the heater <br>

And those kerosene fumes filled up the trailer <br>

Got all over everything like a blanket of dust <br>

On the sheets, on the bed, on the carpet, and on us <br>

Next morning at school in yesterday's clothes <br>

Somebody be laughing, some girl be holding her nose <br>

I'd sit there embarrassed, my face turning red <br>

Getting at her telling myself <br>

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Kerosene kid, don't let 'em get you down <br>

Just hold your head up and be proud <br>

Kerosene kid, they don't understand <br>

Everything that we got is a gift <br>

Kerosene kid <br>

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Every day when I look in the mirror <br>

I can't say enough <br>

About the little man back in my memory <br>

That never gave up <br>

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Kerosene kid, they didn't get you down <br>

You held your head up, you stood proud <br>

Kerosene kid, yeah you understand <br>

Everything that you got is a gift <br>

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Kerosene kid, don't let them get you down <br>

Hold your head up and stay proud <br>

Kerosene kid, we'll all understand <br>

Everything that we got is a gift <br>

Kerosene kid <br>

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Don't let 'em get you down <br>

Kerosene kid<br>

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