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I, uh, I stole a baseball mitt from a sporting goods store.
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I got caught, and the owner wanted to call the cops,
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teach me a lesson.
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But my mom came down there and, uh,
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got him to agree to let me work off
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the cost of the mitt by sweeping his floor.
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And when my sister crashed the family car,
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my dad wanted to kick her out of the house.
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But my mom talked to him,
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worked it out where Christie could work off
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the repairs by cleaning dad's office.
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What I'm trying to say is that my mom understood punishment,