Tom: D
Introdução:
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Down the road where the black top ends, you can find Colt Ford with all his friends,
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weâ´´re used to gravel roads, and fishinâ´´
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with cane poles, wasnâ´´t no swimminâ´´ pools, jus swimminâ´´ holes.
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We was dirt road poor, and cane switched raised, Iâ´´ve been came a long way since back in them days,
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been â´´round the world twice seen all fifty states, ate on thousand dollar china, but love sum paper plates
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there aint nuthin wrong with them big city lights, but me, I prefer them slow country nights
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where I can see the darkness come in and go, Most folks is honest, and they all speak slow
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you can leave your door open, aint nuttinâ´´ gunna happen, most country folks sing, but I couldnâ´´t, so im rappin
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I wanna show yall where I come from, and invite yall all down to any country town
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Now before I pack and things and leave, thereâ´´s sumthin I need yall to understand
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I seen alotta things in my life time, thatâ´´s why I walk the line, Iâ´´m just a simple man
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and I aint'n the things for cheep thrills, but all my scars heel, so donâ´´t you ever cry for me,
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I aint ashamed where Iâ´´m from, you always will come, take a ride through the country.
(verse 2)
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Up, dressed, and gone by 5 am, heâ´´s country, and heâ´´s rappinâ´´ we gotta play him
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folks been waitin for some one like me, to give â´´em some heart beats and spit that country
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My jeans donâ´´t sag, they fit, they kinda tight, got on a white t-shirt, no nothinâ´´ but work.
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Daylight til dark, thatâ´´s how I was bread, and Iâ´´ll keep beinâ´´ country til the day Iâ´´m dead
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See, country folks eat biscuits called cat heads, bar-b-q, baked beans, sweet tea, and white bread
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we like to fish and hunt, aint scared of a fight, love the Good Lord and believe in doinâ´´ right,
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Got 4-wheel drives, some got mud on â´´em, you can keep your rolls roice, cuz baby, we donâ´´t want â´´em!
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So now yall know exactly who I am, and if you aint into that, i donâ´´t give a damn!
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Now before I pack and things and leave, thereâ´´s sumthin I need yall to understand
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I seen alotta things in my life time, thatâ´´s why I walk the line, Iâ´´m just a simple man
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and I aint'n the things for cheep thrills, but all my scars heel, so donâ´´t you ever cry for me,
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I aint ashamed where Iâ´´m from, you always will come, take a ride through the country.
(verse 3)
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You might see my on your t.v, but honey yeah, that donâ´´t mean a thing,
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you see, Iâ´´m still that same â´´ol country boy, and thatâ´´s all Iâ´´ll ever be,
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and sometime, those bright lights blind me, and make it hard for me to see,
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but when I need to be reminded, I take a ride through the country
(verse 4)
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At about 5 oâ´´clock on Friday afternoon, them country boys head down to the local saloon
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you welcome to stop in and have a cold bottle, big city boys and stuck up super models,
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we donâ´´t care where ya from, as long as you polite, cuz push come to shove and every one of us will fight
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