True life country music (US Country 1, 1981) (video)

 
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1. I went to looking 'bout the way, made Crystal's brown eyes blue.
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    I was there behind closed doors the night Sammy made it through.
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    In a pawn shop in Chicago I saw Tammy leavin' Jones,
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    I've seen broken streams and broken dreams that led to broken homes.
 
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2. In a barroom in Toledo with a girl they call Lucille,
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    on a train bound for nowhere I watched the Gambler deal.
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    Spent the night in Detroit City, you were Gentle On My Mind,
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    on Country Roads so far from home, So Lonesome I Could Cry.
 
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'Cos I'm true life          country music,      listen to my lines !
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You'll see true life      country people,      they're the reason       for my rhymes,
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they're the reason      for my rhymes.
 
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3. I know every man in Folsom, every trucker who can't sleep,
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    then a prayer for the Wino who dreamed of satin sheets.
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    I rode with Roy Acuff on the Wabash Cannonball,
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    I'm true life country music, I guess I've seen it all.
 
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(orig. = capo 3rd) (Razzy Bailey)