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Well I was 3 days short of pulling out of Kingsport
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I was headed down to Houston town
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Had my guitar packed in a burlap sack
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For exploitin' my country sound
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I bypassed Jackson, bypassed Memphis
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By the time I got to Arkansas
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I'd a sold my car and that black guitar
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For anything cool and tall
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Well I pulled up to a neon sign on highway 49
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Shut the engine down, took a look around
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Then I stepped inside
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I asked that bouncer where I was
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He said, son yer at Bill's
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Honky tonk pickin', linedance kickin'
Razorback stickin', barbecue chicken
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Laundromat Bar and Grill
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Well I found old Bill sittin at the bar
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With a pistol and a change machine
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He was dolin' out quarters to a waitress named Starr
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When I asked him if I could sing
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He said, son go ahead if you brought yer guitar
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Then he pointed to the backstage door
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Said, we don't allow original material
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'Less it's been done before
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Well I hit the stage like a big mule train
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I sang the Tennessee Waltz, Kentucky Rain
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And the one about the bird in spring
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Lead guitar was like a chainsaw
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That fiddle like a power drill
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At Bill's honky tonk pickin', linedance kickin'
Razorback stickin', barbecue chicken
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Laundromat Bar and Grill
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Well in the 10 short minutes I was up on stage
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Watched a biker punch a cowboys face
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And with a perfect view I was wittness to
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The destruction of the whole dang place
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It was long neck stems and white French hems
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Flying out of that dark saloon
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And that mechanical bull was reduced in full
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To the safest place in the room
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That punched drunk cowboy showed his wife
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That his shirt was soaked with beer
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She said, calm down honey, have another light
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'Cause we can wash yer shirt right here
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Then the whole place stopped to thank me
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For bookin' my show at Bill's
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Honky tonk pickin', linedance kickin'
Razorback stickin', barbecue chicken
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Laundromat Bar and Grill
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At Bill's
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Honky tonk pickin', linedance kickin'
Razorback stickin', barbecue chicken
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Laundromat Bar and Grill