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Never paid much attention when I was a kid in school
I barely learned to read and write, but don't think I'm no fool

But please excuse me for scribblin'
I can barely write my name
Quit school at seventeen, and I ain't the slightest bit ashamed
No, no shame

Teacher tried to tell me "Boy, you'll never get nowhere"
I never got to college, but I sure got in her hair

But please excuse me for scribblin'
I can barely write my name
And if I did it all again I swear I'll do it all just the same
Not a thing would change

You think you got an education boy you know I got one too
Got the kind of education that you can't get in no school

But please excuse me for scribblin'
I can barely write my name
And if I did it all again I swear I'll do it all just the same
Not a thing would change

Readin' and a-writin' never did get through to me
But when it came to makin' love I learned my ABCs

But please excuse me for scribblin'
I can barely write my name
And if I did it all again I swear I'll do it all just the same
Not a thing would change

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