VERSE 1
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Bill and I got married
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following our first-born
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Daddy left this gas and
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convenience store
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just before he died
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And I was only nineteen when I
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had my third baby
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Sometimes I think maybe I should
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have left here long
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ago
VERSE 2
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Travelers are stopping by
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check their oil and their P.S.I.
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Gas up and away they fly
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moving down the line
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But this beat up truck and worn out shoes
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Always giving me the blues
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Bill is sucking down the booze
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nearly every night
CHORUS:
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I've never seen the
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city lights
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how they must
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shine so bright
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Not like this
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country night the
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sky's black as
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coal
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And this gas station
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mountain home
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Not a thing to
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call my own
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I wish I was
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alone with a
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penny
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to my
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]
name
VERSE 3
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Strangers say this mountain here is
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beautiful beyond compare
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But it's just a dumb old mountain there I
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see it every
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]
day
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If I could see a sunset skies over
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fields of grain or ocean tides
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City skyline in the night I'll be
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dancing till the dawn
REPEAT CHORUS:
[ F
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I've never seen the
[ G
]
city lights
[ C
]
how they must
[ F
]
shine so bright
[ C
]
Not like this
[ F
]
country night the
[ D
]
sky's black as
[ G
]
coal
[ F
]
And this gas station
[ G
]
mountain home
[ C
]
Not a thing to
[ F
]
call my own
[ C
]
I wish I was
[ F
]
alone with a
[ D
]
penny
[ G
]
to my
[ C
]
name
VERSE 4
[ C
]
Bill and I got married
[ F
]
following our first-born
[ Dm
]
Daddy left this gas and
[ Am
]
convenience store
[ G
]
just before he died
[ C
]
Maybe Bill and I someday will
[ F
]
find a chance to get away
[ Dm
]
Until then it's here I'll stay
[ G
]
wishing on a star
REPEAT CHORUS:
[ F
]
I've never seen the
[ G
]
city lights
[ C
]
how they must
[ F
]
shine so bright
[ C
]
Not like this
[ F
]
country night the
[ D
]
sky's black as
[ G
]
coal
[ F
]
And this gas station
[ G
]
mountain home
[ C
]
Not a thing to
[ F
]
call my own
[ C
]
I wish I was
[ F
]
alone with a
[ D
]
penny
[ G
]
to my
[ C
]
name
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