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I gave up the fast lane for a blacktop county road
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Just burned out all that talk about the mother lode
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I traded for a songbird and a bigger piece of sky
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When I miss the good old days, I can?t imagine why

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Still I get restless and drive into town
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I cruise once down Main Street and turn back around
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It?s crazy but God knows I don?t act my age
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Like an old desperado who paints the town beige

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Down along the river and past the swimming hole
You can find your peace of mind with just a fishin? pole
And you can walk the river for miles and miles on end
And never stop believin? in that dream around the bend

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Deep down in the winter time slows to a crawl
There?s really nothin? much to do until the first spring thaw
It?s then I get to thinkin? I must have gone insane
Old memories roll through my mind like a long slow railroad train