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5 acre farm
04:32
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he gears down and gets off in iron town
600 miles to go before he has to turn around
the warm dash and the sun
makes the bittersweet feeling come
and he dreams in his cab before he hets out, about a
5 acre farm, little white house
water in the well, one milkin' cow
big empty sky, all the time in the world
good dirt to turn, sun bleached out barn
a chance to lay down in sweet loving arms
and to work a 5 acre farm
he checks in and lays his body down again
in a room with a picture on the wall
there's a field of gold
and a mountain covered with snow
and he falls asleep as he walks, around his
(chorus)
you know that he'd go home if he had him one
but the highway, it just stretches on
it just stretches on, right past his
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2. |
the back nine
04:37
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up on the first tee
you didn't notice the lake, you didn't see them trees
just a patch of green grass so fair
you ripped it hard, you stuck it right out there
when did your bicycle turn into a car
when did invincible become an open heart
riding in a cart
welcome to the back nine
where we hit 'em straight and putt 'em twice
leave the birdies for the youngsters
and good times to the wise
out here on the back nine
remember them crazy kids
and all of the dumbass things that they did
all you can do is scratch your head
and wish what you know you knew back then
when did your radio switch from headbanger to talk
when did bravado hear the tickin' clock
and become a steady walk
(chorus)
but the years they haven't touched you
you grow more beautiful like all dreams do
and become more true
when did thist gigglin' girl
become my best friend in the world
and why did history
give me this miracle for free
when did timidity change to steady hands
when did that harley change to a mini van
i think i understand
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3. |
i love the country life
03:14
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if i won the lottery, twenty million bucks
you wouldnt catch me in no limousine
i'd still drive my old truck
and still jaw down at the feed store
while i wait my turn in line
because i love the country life
just look at that tractor sittin' there, warmin' in the sun parked crooked ba a little mesquite
like he was waitin' for someone
i guess we aughta start him up
take the old man for a drive
you know i love the country life
summertime and the clock in the kitchen slows down
the august wind blows the window ajar
then the sound of the cows
and the kids by the barn messin' around
my old friend came drivin' up
he's got a real nice diesel truck
said i got drawed for javelina down this way
is it alright if we go take a look
hell yea i hope ya get one
and bring your old guitar next time
you know i love the country life
you know i love the country life
man i love the country life
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4. |
tough guys like us
03:23
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there he sits up at the well
with a tragedy to tell
cryin' in his wine, the bartender rolls his eyes
another poor fool's story about hell
but we don't pay him no mind at all
we just laugh and drink and shoot 9 ball
and there might have been a time
when we'd have simathized
and helped him get back up after his fall
but tough guys like us
are way too jaded and rough
to ever get hurt by somethin' like love
tough guys like us
so he spends his night in pain
and lets her memory drive him half insane
and there might have been a day
when i'd have quit the game
and walked up and said buddy are you ok
(chorus)
so i'm drivin' home alone tonight
and that song comes on you used to sing all the time
and i pull off to the side
and i turn off the lights
so no one sees when i hang my head and cry
(chorus)
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5. |
worth a damn
03:07
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my mother's useless brother came to stay
they said he wadn't no rate
but they'd do the christian thing
let him bed down here till spring
told me stay clear of the man
he ain't worth a damn, worth a damn
he patched up the holes in the barn and then
he fixed a bunch of fence
got blisters on his hands
and came to be my friend
told me never be like him
be worth a damn, worth a damn
he said he spent his younger days
on foolish, foolish things
and now he was payin' for time (all) that was wasted
he left one sunday when we were all at church
on the table a change purse
all the money that he made
workin' nights at the rite-aid
and the memory of a man
who was worth a damn, worth a damn
God sees it in you when no one else can
you're worth a damn, worth a damn
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yes i know it's big wide world
and i don't want to tie you down
i know i never said too much
but honey i'm speaking now
hold up
jamie hold up
and let me tell you the only true thing about love
you're lucky if you find it
but finding it ain't enough
you gotta hold on when it's tough
jamie hold up
silly fools don't look around
why love is fading away
darlin' put that suitcase down
and listen to me say
(chorus)
the world is full of lonely souls
who kept all their words down
and pride watched the closing door
and never made a sound
before you put that seatbelt on
and put the truck in drive
remember once i was someone
and hear me one more time
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7. |
your white bones
03:29
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A young crow took a walk up a scarecrow’s arm
He said buddy no offense but I ain’t too alarmed
Hey mister ol’ hay head tell me what’s the deal
I’d have to be pretty dang dumb to believe you’re real
And the scarecrow said
I see the cornfield
I see the farmer’s home
I see the world go ‘round
And I’ll see your white bones
The crow said
I can lay in your field and eat corn
There’s nothing you can do
I can stand on your head and I can go coo coo
I can pull straw out of your shirt if I want to
And drop it down from the sky so blue
The crow said you know ya talk pretty big
for some guy tied to a pole
But I ain’t tied buddy when I wanna go I just go
And I’ll ride on the afternoon wind, fly across the land
But he didn’t see the farmer in the shade
With a gun in his hand
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8. |
drawer of unsent letters
03:44
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we heard a honk
your sister was outside
something was wrong
she had to talk to you for a while
and when you girls
get to jawin' like you do
the morning sun can change to evening blue
so i crept
like i was heading for the john
but i took a left
into your room where we've had our fun
and what i did next
will surely wind me up in hell
but the sun played on your desk and i fell
into your drawer of unsent letters
i found one with my name
it might get worse or it might get better
i only know it will never be the same
i dropped
like rain into the words
i couldn't stop
and each page that i turned
proved to me
i didn't know you at all
and all that was wrong was right and right wrong
(chorus)
i heard a car
start on up the road
i heard a door
and i closed your drawer back closed
down the hall
i met you by the light
with a look in my eyes i knew i couldn't hide
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