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Introducción:
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Katie sittin' on her old front porch watchin' the chickens peck ground.
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There ain't a whole lot going on tonight in this one horse town.
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Over yonder comin' up the road in a beat up Chevy truck.
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Her boyfriend, Tommy, is layin' on the horn splashin' through the mud and the muck.
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Her daddy said, "He ain't worth a lick,
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When it comes to brains he got the short end of the stick."
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But Katie's young and man she just don't care
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She'd follow Tommy, anywhere.
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She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
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And even if they have to run away
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She's going to marry that boy someday.
Katie and Tommy at the drive-in movie parked in the very last row.
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They're too busy holding onto one another to even care about the show.
Later on outside the tasty freeze Tommy slips something on her hand.
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He says, "My high school ring will have to do til I can buy a wedding band."
Her daddy said, "He ain't worth a lick,
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He says, "Young lady get on up to your room while me and junior have a talk."
Momma breaks in says don't lose your temper it wasn't very long ago,
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When you yourself was just a hay seed plow boy who didn't have a row to hoe.
My daddy said you wasn't worth a lick