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I sit for hours up above the town me and my old blue tick
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hound on a summer night got you on my mind
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From time to time he tries to cheer me up but so far he
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ain't had much luck nothing he can do got these doggone
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blues
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Moonlight shinin down on the river I remember swimmin
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together down on main theres a picture show all those
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nights on the very last row
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I'm just a country boy this is how a country boy misses you
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thinkin bout the better days turnin back the memories
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thats all I do I spend my days where we used to go
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shootin tin cans off that old fence post I'm just a
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country boy and this is how a country boy misses you
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This morning we drove by your house I could't help but
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stop and get out saw your mama smile said how ya doin
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child how bout somthin ice cold to drink no I ain't heard
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from her all week I'll tell her hi tell her you stopped by
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Fine ma'am I'll be on my way drove the back roads the
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rest of the day it dead ended in a field of corn I hung my
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head and laid on the horn
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(bridge)
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I guess these small town dreams will never come true
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That big city's got a hold on you
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Spend my days where we used to go shootin tin cans off an
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old fence post I'm just a country boy and this is how a
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country boy misses you
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Misses you
