| Well I was 3 days short of pulling out of Kingsport
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| Headed down to Houston town
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| Had my guitar packed in a burlap sack
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| For exploitin' my country sound
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| I bypassed Jackson, bypassed Memphis
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| By the time I got to Arkansas
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| I’d have sold my car and that black guitar
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| For anything cool and tall
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| I pulled up to a neon sign on highway 49
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| Shut the engine down, took a look around
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| Then I stepped inside
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| I asked that bouncer where I was
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| He said, son yer
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| At Bill’s
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| Honky tonk pickin, linedance kickin
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| Razorback stickin, barbarcue chicken
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| Laundromat Bar & Grill
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| Well I found o’Bill sittin at the bar
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| With a pistol and a change machine
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| He was dolin' out quarters to a waitress named Starr
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| When I asked him if I could sing
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| He said, son go ahead if you brought yer guitar
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| Then he pointed at the backstage door
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| Said, we don’t allow no original material
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| 'less it’s been done before
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| Well I hit the stage like a big mule train
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| Told the house band to play in sync
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| I sang the Tennessee Waltz, Kentucky Rain
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| And the one about the bird in spring
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| That lead guitar was like a chainsaw
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| And that fiddle like a power drill
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| At Bill’s
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| Honky tonk pickin, linedance kickin
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| Razorback stickin, barbarcue chicken
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| Laundromat Bar & Grill
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| Well in the 10 short minutes I was up on stage
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| Watched a biker punch a cowboys face
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| And with a perfect view I was witness to
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| The destruction of the whole dang place
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| There was long neck stems and white French hems
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| Flying out of that dark saloon
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| And that mechanical bull was reduced in full
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| To the safest place in the room
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| That punched drunk cowboy showed his wife
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| That his shirt was soaked with beer
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| She said, calm down honey, have another light
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| Cause we can wash yer shirt right here
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| Then the whole place stopped to thank me
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| For bookin my show
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| At Bill’s
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| Honky tonk pickin, linedance kickin
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| Razorback stickin, barbarcue chicken
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| Laundromat Bar & Grill
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| At Bill’s
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| Honky tonk pickin, linedance kickin
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| Razorback stickin, barbarcue chicken
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| Laundromat Bar & Grill |