Tonalidad: A minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Two men sittin' in
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
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Do you reckon he's
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'
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what might happen)
Verse 5
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People ought to keep an eye
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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Course I know it ain't
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none of my bid'ness
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But uh, well, if it was me,
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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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(Yes, sir, and we'd better
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hurry)
Verse 7
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Tearing down the road in a pickup truck
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
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Good people just doin' what's right
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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Aw, I could'a told you
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(Oh, I just
knew it)
Verse 9
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Now the gravel was flying as he
turned the bend
And screeched to a grinding halt
They went through the fence,
into the flower bed
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And hit pa's first- prize
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hog in the head
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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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Oh, look at Harvey's prize hog
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And all of them darlin' old grown
bad trusty chickens
(We got more important things
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to tend to, boy)
I wonder if they're covered?
Verse 11
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Committee bounded on the front porch
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To meet the enemy face to face
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But Abell yelled at 'em through
the screen door
"y'all messed up my daddy's place"
Verse 12
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But in her hand she waved a policy
Sayin' with a Mona Lisa grin
"Well, y'all timed that one
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just about right
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'Cause Ace done struck
Outro 1
again"
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