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(upbeat piano)

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- I don't care how low you start in life,

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if you work at it, and be good and kind,

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kind and thoughtful, you can be successful.

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My name's George Price

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and I'm the special events coordinator for the Wing.

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It don't sound like much of a job

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but I tell you, it keeps you busy

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and I enjoy it because I meet all kind of people.

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(piano)

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You know, I came from a small town in Pennsylvania.

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Nobody in town had anything but we had less than most.

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And I didn't know about the Air Force

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but one day I was working the silk mill,

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and, you know, I seen this guy walk by us,

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and he looked good.

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I went to the court house

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and I was going to join the Marines.

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And the Marine guy was out,

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and that's why I said, "Well I'll just wait."

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^In the meantime, this guy from the Air Force, some hustler,

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^come up and said, "What do you think about the Air Force?"

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^I says, (chuckles) "Can I go there too?"

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^He said, "Yeah, let's go."

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And that's what happened, I just joined the Air Force.

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(piano)

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- End of basic training and I wanted to be a clerk typist.

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And I went to clerk typing school,

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and I really, really enjoyed it.

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And I wanted to come to Europe so bad, so bad.

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But you had to be an Honor Graduate

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and then you got to choose your assignment.

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And I came in number two

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and I didn't get to choose my assignment.

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And I reenlisted 'cause I heard Michael Air Force Base

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had a real good basketball team.

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We won the Worldwide Championship in 1959.

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And my career then became ball playing,

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and I don't know how it happened.

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(piano)

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Get married, had two kids,

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we had a little boy and a little girl,

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and I had a German girl named Hildegard

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I called her Hilde, the love of my life.

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(piano)

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But my son was sick, he had brain cancer.

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(slow piano)

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And he went away.

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(slow piano)

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And a year later, a year and a half later,

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she went away too.

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She's gone now, my son's gone

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and I'd never hurt myself

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but I'm ready to go too.

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I'd never hurt myself but I'm ready.

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(slow piano)

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I think I owe it to myself and other people

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to keep on going.

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I owe them to care and that's what I'm gonna do.

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The Air Force taught me self control

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and to have patience.

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You're not gonna make me have a bad day,

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you can't make me have a bad day.

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And people have tried,

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and always finished second.

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I work out every day, seven days a week.

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I'm 87 years old and I'm not backing up now,

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you couldn't force me to back up.

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Tell me I ain't tough for 87.

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Look at them muscles.

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(upbeat piano)

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That's my story and I'm sticking to it.