TWO GAS STATIONS AND A DAIRY QUEEN
QUARTERBACKS, THE HOME COMING KING
AND EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYONE

SCHOOL RIVAL””S TEN MILES AWAY
THE WHOLE COUNTY COMES TO WATCH ””EM PLAY
WE””LL WIN AGAIN THIS YEAR WHEN ITS ALL SAID AND DONE

SURE SEEMS BIG WHEN YOU””RE SMALL
YOU RIDE TO TOWN WITH YOUR GRANDPA
MAN YOU SURE OUT GROW IT FAST

BEFORE YOU KNOW YOU””RE NOT A KID
YOU REALIZE HOW SMALL IT IS
CANT WAIT UNTIL THE DAY YOU LEAVE IT IN THE PAST

CHORUS:
PACKED MY THINGS, TODAY
NOW IM ON MY WAY
AND AS THE SUN GOES DOWN
I SAY GOODBYE TO MY HOMETOWN

ITS A LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME
WHERE YOU KNOW EVERBODIES NAME
THE HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART THAT GOT AWAY

LOCAL DANCE ON A SUMMER NIGHT
WHEN EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD FELT RIGHT
HOW YOU WISH THAT YOU COULD GO BACK TO THOSE DAYS

ME AND DAN USED TO RUN AROUND
WIFE AND KIDS NOW, HES SETTLED DOWN
I GUESS HIS CRAZY DAYS ARE THROUGH

CAUSE HE GREW UP BUT HE NEVER LEFT
HES GOTTA GOOD JOB WITH NO REGRETS
AND PART OF YOU WISHES YOU WERE IN HIS SHOES

REPEAT CHORUS

AS THE SUN GOES DOWN, I SAY GOODBYE TO MY HOMETOWN

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This is a great song, and a great album. He does the song in “F”, but I capo
it at the first fret and play in E. The progression is the same all the way
through

I was on a bus coming back to us from Atlanta in 53′

When I pulled out a rhythm and blues magazine laying underneath the seat

I found out the stuff they’d been playing us wasn’t made from girts and bone

And it would take more than the crewcuts and Pat Boone to take me home

Chorus:
I want the Real Thing, Give me the Real Thing
Make it loud and I’ll make you proud of the songs they sing
I don’t want you under my roof with your 86 proof watered down till it tastes
like tea
You’re gonna pull my string make it the Real Thing for me

I remember old Elvis when he forgot to remember to forget
And when young Johnny Cash hadn’t seen this side of Big River yet
And when Sun was more than daylight shining on Memphis Tennessee
And Luther, and Lewis, and Perkins was picking and playing them songs for me

Repeat Chorus (twice)

THIS OLD MAN CAME IN FROM THE COLD
AND HE WALKED RIGHT UP TO THE BANDSTAND
HE LOOKED AT ME THROUGH TEARS IN HIS EYES
HE WHISPERED AS HE REACHED FOR MY HAND

HE SAID SON DO YOU KNOW THE OLD SONGS
OS SAID YES SIR, I CAN PLAY EM ALL NIGHT
HE ASKED ME TO PLAY HIM CORRINA
THE LAST SONG HE DANCED TO WITH HIS WIFE

JUST AS THE SONG WAS ENDING
A SMILE ON HIS FACE BEGAN TO SHOW
AS HE SLOWLY DREW FROM HIS POCKET
A SHORT STEMMED DECEMBER ROSE

CHORUS:
HE SAID YOULL NEVER SEE ME WITHOUT IT
WHEREVER IM GOIN IT GOES
OUR LOVE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN
REMEMBER A DECEMBER ROSE

HE SAID SON ILL TELL YOU ABOUT HARD TIMES
THAT WINTER OF THIRTY THREE
I GAVE HER THAT ROSE ON HER BIRTHDAY
AND THIS WHAT SHE SAID TO ME

REPEAT CHORUS

HE SAID SON I WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS
SO THE MEMORY CAN LIVE ON AND ON
SOON ILL BE WITH HER IN HEAVEN
HE GAVE ME THAT ROSE AND WAS GONE

YOU MAY SAY ITS ONLY A FLOWER
AND FLOWERS THEY GROW EVERYDAY
TO ME ITS A SYMBOL OF UNDYING LOVE
AND IT STAYS IN MY GUITAR CASE

REPEAT CHORUS

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I PULLED OUT OF A TRUCKSTOP IN BIRMINGHAM
HOUSTONS 700 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE I AM
SURE COULD USE SOME SLEEP BUT I DONT GIVE A DAMN
CAUSE I CANT WAIT TO GET BACK HOME

TRYIN TO FIND SOMETHING GOOD ON THE RADIO
SEE MY REFLECTION IN THE WINDSHIELD FROM THE DASHBOARD GLOW
80 MILES AN HOUR MAN IT SURE FEELS SLOW
WHEN YOU CANT WAIT TO GET BACK HOME

CHORUS:
ITS BEEN A LONG LONG DAY
IVE COME A LONG LONG WAY
AND IM TIRED OF BEIN ALONE
IM GONNA DRIVE ALL NIGHT
BUT THATS ALRIGHT
CAUSE I CANT WAIT TO GET BACK HOME

MAKE MY LIVIN SINGIN SONGS WITH MY GUITAR
EVERY NIGHT A DIFFERENT TOWN IN ANOTHER BAR
BABY IVE BEEN EVERYWHERE BUT WHERE YOU ARE
AND I CANT WAIT TO GET BACK HOME

REPEAT CHORUS

BILLBOARDS AND THE BUSES AND THE TRUCKS PASS BY
UP AHEADS ANOTHER TOWN
ILL BE WITH YOU IN THE MORNIN LIGHT
LOVE YOU TIL THE SUN GOES DOWN

THROUGH THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE HIGHWAY I CAN SEE YOUR SMILE
IM GETTING CLOSER WITH EVERY MILE
IM GONNA HOLD YOU IN A LITTLE WHILE
AND I CANT WAIT TO GET BACK HOME

REPEAT CHORUS X 2

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