Down home
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1. Just off of the beaten path, a little dot on a state road map,
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that's
where I was born & where I'll die.
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Things move at a slower pace, nobody's in a rat race,
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and these
days that's a special way to fly.
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Down home, where they know you by name and treat you like family,
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down home, a man's good word &
a handshake are all you need.
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Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on
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those of us raised up down home.
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2. In
the corner of a hardware store,
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gathered
round a checker board,
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old
men telling lies & crowning kings.
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Kids drivin
round the old town square,
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tops
rolled down in the cool nite air,
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go
& see what's shakin at the Dairy Queen
+ CHORUS
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+ When I was a boy I
couldn't wait to leave this place,
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but
now I wanna see my children raised.
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+ Down home ! Down home
!
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A
Folks know if they're fallin on hard times
they can fall back on
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those
of us raised up ....
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Down home, where they know you by name and treat you like family,
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C D
down home, a man's good word &
a handshake are all you need.
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- C
A
Folks know if they're fallin on hard
times they can fall back on
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those of us raised up down home.
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+ Down home ! Way down home !
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Down home ! Way down home ! ....
(Alabama)