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Verse 1
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Looking back on the days when I was scuffling for a buck.
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Not overly concerned with life and love.
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I was always feeling sorry for myself and my bad luck.
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I never stopped to think what life's made of.
Verse 2
Fm
With my nose to the grindstone and my shoulder to the wheel.
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I fought for my daily dollar like a man.
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Then you came into my life and nothing else seemed real.
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I found the answer right here in my hands.
Chorus 1
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Now I've got everything a man could ever need.
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I've got dreams to dream and songs to sing in the morning.
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I've got hands to hold my baby child,
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and eyes to watch my woman smile.
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I've got everything a man could ever need.
Verse 3
C#Fm
Now my working days seem shorter than it ever did before.
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And the evening breeze gets cooler day by day.
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And the morning sun is always shining down on my back door.
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And your laughter washes all my cares away.
Fm
And there's not a day goes by that I don't look up to the sky.
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And humbly thank the good Lord up above.
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For bringing you to me in time to make me realize,
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that all a poor man really needs is love.
Chorus 2
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Now I've got everything a man could ever need.
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I've got dreams to dream and songs to sing in the morning.
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I've got hands to hold my baby child
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and eyes to watch my woman smile.
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I've got everything a man could ever need.
Outro
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I've got everything, a man could ever need.