Key: E minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Shotgun shack by the roadside,
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everything it will be.
Loop road tornadas, hand
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grown tomatas
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Post Office Lady, Flatonia Next Right.
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Two horses noddin' at
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Waitin' in vain to be taken from the rain.
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Black Sky crow is
walking on the road,
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Walking on the road.
Apartment Now Leasin'.
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Pop- a- Top Beverage & Bait Barn.
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Fireworks, Buy One Get Five Free.
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Rough paper hand towels in
a roll on a stick sittin'
Upright on every table in the joint.
Water fountain bags of chips german tata salad,
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Jalapenos in a brown bowl.
Faded floral print dress
She knows.
No, I say, more please.
Butcher paper one knife
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Please.
Interlude 2
free.
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Verse 3
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No Teeth Barbecue, Rockdale, Texas
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Man in the window watches
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crop dusters next door.
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nearly be home now.
Out among the farm roads,
bringin' in the sheaves
Interlude 3
Texas is the land of the free.
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Verse 4
Thelma's in Houston is
closed on Sunday.
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Best catfish in all the state
of Texas.
The meat's pulled from the
pit at the stroke of noon.
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Line grows long in a shack in
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an urban field sittin' in
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Man in a big hat born into a black suit says,
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Menu if you would please.
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Whole chicken 1 2 chicken
ham ribs links beef.
Green beans pinto beans
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2 slices white bread sealed
butter pie,
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Cheese peppers soda or tea.
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Texas is the land of
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the free.
Verse 5
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Lick in Driftwood is no beer family style
bread Texas style.
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Order in order out order on line,
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Order by mail fax toll
free anytime.
The waitress is a middle age
ex- hippie chick,
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Who's found her a life in a
hill country family
Schtick.
Honey you will not leave eatin'
only that much.
Slaw please.
Outro 1
Texas is the land of the free.
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