Dirt cheap (2023) (video)

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1. They came in thinkin' top dollar

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to that old cotton crop farmer,

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they knocked on his screen door and he said,

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"Lord, what you need, boys ?" And they said...

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2. "You know all the others went and cashed out,

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they got the subdivision all mapped out,

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it'll sit right here on this land,

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and you can leave town a rich man."

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And he said, "Boys, whatever you're offerin', it won't be enough.

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'Cause I got a little girl that used to swing right there,

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I still see her pink bow in her brown hair,

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she's in the big city, but she still calls home.

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What's she gonna do if she comes back and we're gone ?

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And over there, under that white oak tree,

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beneath the cross is where my best buddy's buried,

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it lasted thirteen huntin' season runnin' strong.

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Keep your money 'cause a man can't leave his dog,

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and over there is where I got down on one knee.

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You can't buy that kind of dirt cheap."

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3. One man smiled and he kinda looked away,

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the other said, "Before we go, I gotta know one thing.

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Between the droughts and the floods through all the years,

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What in the world got you through ?

How the hell'd you get here ?" And he said…,

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"That little girl that used to swing right there,

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I still see her pink bow in her brown hair,

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runnin' up after one of them long days,

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a big smile makin' every litttle worry fade.

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And over there, under that white oak tree,

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beneath the cross where my best buddy's buried,

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all them huntin' seasons freezin' in a Jon boat,

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me and him, double-barrel and a two-stroke.

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And that woman that said 'yes' when I got down on one knee,

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yeah you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap."

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+ No, it ain't somethin' you fall into,

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it's somethin' God gives you and you hold on to.

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Just like that little girl that used to swing right there,

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still see her pink bow in her brown hair,

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she's in the big city now, but she still calls home,

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she's comin' back next week and, man, it's been too long.

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And over there, under that white oak tree,

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beside the cross where my best buddy's buried

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lays a puppy posted up in the shade,

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that woman never could turn away a stray.

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I guess that's why she said 'yes' when I got down on one knee,

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Lord, long as all this is here, why the hell would I ever leave ?

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Yeah, you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap !"

(orig. = capo 1st) (Cody Johnson)