Key: A major•
Verse 1
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old man Henry brought Mary here
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To farm this land and make a life for her
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My land's bought and paid for,
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that's my last word
In his ninety -seventh year,
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They could build their
damned highway
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somewhere else he wasn't about to go
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Old Man Henry, he kept a hold.
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Now how you gonna buy that with gold?
They sent a group from City Hall,
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Old Man Henry stood up and met them all.
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that he'd built with his own two hands
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My land's bought and paid for,
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Henry looked him straight up and down,
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and then shook his hand.
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the sheriff said, Henry, listen please,
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It's only business, Henry said,
Now the headlines, three inches tall,
said
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Henry fired up on them all
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but I know that's a lie
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Far away but close enough still
Twenty cars came out from town
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A two -room shack with a grave out
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to see what all the commotion was for
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I never heard such an awful sound
Forty rifles raised
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From forty men half crazed
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As the bullets struck all around him
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As the fatal bullets hit him,
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Henry fell across Mary's grave.
A man of ninety -seven years
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lay dead upon the ground.
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As his soul winged up to heaven,
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Their little home a pile of ash
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Nothin' left but the memories
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They got your damned highway at last
Now the folks that speed on by
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There's a sign by the highway
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right off the main road
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This land was his
There's some things the
law can't change
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