By The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 
 
 
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Way back in my memory there's a scene that I recall 
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Of a little run-down cabin in the woods 
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Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold 
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But he laid awake nights wishin' that it would 
 
When the world was on our radio hard work was on our minds 

We lived our day-to-day in plain dirt fashion 

With ol' overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back 

Man, it's hard to make believe there ain't nothing wrong 


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But momma kept the Bible read and daddy kept our family fed 
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And somewhere in between I must have grown 
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Cause someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin' 
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Takes me down the road to where I want to go 
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Now I know, it's a long hard road  
 
Sometimes I remember when I stayed up late at night 
When the sun-up came, we got up and went 
In the shadows of a working' day our moonlight hours spent 
Singin' songs along with Gramma's radio 
Now I'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road sleepin' in a sack 
Livin' in my memories all in vain 
Cause those city lights ain't all that bright compared to what its like 
To see lightning Bugs go dancin' in the rain 
 
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