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Maggie Creek Road

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Mama stood on the front porch ringing her hands

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With her precious little baby taking off inside
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Staring at him with stars in her eyes
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She tried to tell her, but the girl might as well have been deaf
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She wasn't gonna listen to a word she said
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Don't go down Maggie Creek Road
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With a boy looking like that
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He'll tell ya things that you wanna hear
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And there'll be no turning back
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There's an oak tree down by the lake
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In the shade where the wild flowers grow
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What'll happen only heaven knows
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So don't go down Maggie Creek Road

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Was a still black night as dark as coal
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Nobody heard her when she said 'No'
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She kicked and screamed and got free somehow
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Tore her dress on the door when he pushed her out
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She walked thirteen miles on the gravel road
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With tears in her eyes, twenty years ago
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Don't go down Maggie Creek Road
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With a boy looking like that
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He'll tell ya things that you wanna hear
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And there'll be no turning back
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There's an oak tree down by the lake
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In the shade where the wild flowers grow
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What'll happen only heaven knows
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So don't go down Maggie Creek Road

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Somehow mama's always know
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'Cause they should have been home an hour ago
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When she pulled up, it was just going down
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She turned her headlights off, didn't make a sound
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She heard her baby crying 'No', but he wouldn't stop
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Her heart went cold and her blood ran hot
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With a pistol in her hand, she opened his door
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You don't wanna see mama go to war
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Don't go down Maggie Creek Road
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With a boy looking like that
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He'll tell ya things that you wanna hear
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And there'll be no turning back
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There's an oak tree down by the lake
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In the shade where the wild flowers grow
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What'll happen only heaven knows
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So don't go down, I say, don't go down
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Maggie Creek Road
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Oh, don't go down
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Maggie Creek Road
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Oh, don't go     down
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Maggie Creek Road
Maggie Creek Road