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The seventh son born to an Arkansas farmer
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And a hard-workin&rsquo mother of twelve
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Who never could find any time or a dollar
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That she could just spend on herself
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He remembers things now, that his daddy once told him
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The old man grew wiser with time
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And a life on the farm, that in a boy's view was awful
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Has changed in these same older eyes
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Oh, the weeds have grown high on the farm back in Dixie
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Where cotton and corn used to grow
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And the memories run wild in this Arkansas farmboy
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Who'd give all he owns just to go
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He recalls how grandaddy held him and taught him
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The melody to "In The Pines"
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On a five-dollar guitar that led to a fortune
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He'd trade just to go back in time
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Oh, the weeds have grown high on the farm back in Dixie
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Where cotton and corn used to grow
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And the memories run wild in this Arkansas farmboy
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Who'd give all he owns just to go
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Oh, the weeds have grown high on the farm back in Dixie
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Where cotton and corn used to grow
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And the memories run wild in this Arkansas farmboy
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Who'd give all he owns just to go
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