Key: A minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
straight back chairs
Feet propped up on the railin'
Sittin' in front of the
country store
Verse 2
Discussin' how the crops were failin'
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About that time a car drove by
With an Ace Insurance bumper sticker
Well that must be the man
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been courtin' Abell
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He's somethin' of a city slicker
(Ah, you can tell just from the way
he's drivin' that car)
Verse 3
goin' up to see Abell
You know her daddy went
to Maben this day
And her mommas been in
Arkansas with her ailin' pa
Ain't nobody home that way
(Ha ha, 'cept Abell)
Verse 4
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Now, I don't mean nothing by what I say
But if you won't say it, I can
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She ain't got no bid'ness alone
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With that Ace Insurance man
(Why there's just no tellin'
Verse 5
on they're kids
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You remember 'bout Abby Mcguinness
Why'it, lik'ta kill'ed her ma
when she found out about it
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if it was me
Verse 6
too late and
it would be a pity
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Better call up the sheriff in Calhoun city
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And have the preacher organize
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a 'vestigating committee
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To see what's going on
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hurry)
Verse 7
With Bentley out taking
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the lead
Followed by a tractor and
a half lame mule
Verse 8
Dust flyin' as they picked up speed
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Faces beaming goodness and
their jaw's set hard
And off in the distance was Abell's house
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And there wasn't a soul in sight
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(Oh, I just
knew it)
Verse 9
turned the bend
And screeched to a grinding halt
They went through the fence,
into the flower bed
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And left half a dozen mama's
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chickens for dead
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But it wasn't nobody's fault
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Verse 10
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And all of them darlin' old grown
bad trusty chickens
(We got more important things
I wonder if they're covered?
Verse 11
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To meet the enemy face to face
the screen door
"y'all messed up my daddy's place"
Verse 12
Sayin' with a Mona Lisa grin
"Well, y'all timed that one
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'Cause Ace done struck
Outro 1
again"
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