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I was born in the mountains
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of East Tennessee
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my first hero
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wore number sixteen
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When I was a kid
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I was all orange and white
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I saw them run through the T
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on a Saturday night
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Yea we were hillbillys
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and lived like Hicks
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but i still get chills
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when I hear "give him 6"
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Touchdown big orange
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go for it on 4th
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Neyland gets real loud
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love to hear that sound
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of Rocky Top from the band
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V.O.L.S. in the stands
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lord and I just cant deny
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that Im a Vol for Life
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Now this life it
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aint for the faint of heart
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and Living on Rocky Top
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it gets real hard
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sometimes it feels
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just like ninety eight
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other times well
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it god damn aint
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But Ill love smokey
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till the day i die
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even if them vols
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make me breakdown and cry
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Touchdown big orange
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go for it on 4th
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Neyland gets real loud
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love to hear that sound
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of Rocky Top from the band
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V.O.L.S. in the stands
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lord and I just cant deny
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that Im a Vol for Life
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We dont give a damn
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about the state of Alabama
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your red salt water
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or that yellow hammer
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still a gator hater
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you can keep that chomp
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i love some Tom Petty
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even though hes from the swamp
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Them Georgia boys well
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they aint no count
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only dog we love
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is a blue tick hound
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Touchdown big orange
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go for it on 4th
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Neyland gets real loud
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love to hear that sound
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of Rocky Top from the band
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V.O.L.S. in the stands
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lord and I just cant deny
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that Im a Vol for Life
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Rocky Top youll
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always be
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home sweet home to me
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good ol Rocky Top
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Rocky Top Tennessee
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Rocky Top Tennessee
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