From: nastaliq@u.washington.edu (Cookie Monster)

Memories of East Texas
Michelle Shocked
As tabbed by David Wong-nastaliq@u.washington.edu

Intro:

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Verses:
 
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                                Memories of East Tex-

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     as.                        And piney green rolling

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     hills.

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           Covered in  the      springtime        with

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     golden daffodils.

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     Rowing on   Sandy          Lake   come April

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     harvesting  hay   in       June

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     Sittin' by the road watchin' wellfires burn by an 

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     old   Oct-  ob-   er       moon.

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Chorus:

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     I learned to drive on those East Texas red clay 

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     backroads.

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     And  I mean to tell you my friend they weren't no

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     easy roads.                            You   had

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     to watch out for all the   curves

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     down  by    Kelsey         Creek             and

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     detour      through  the Lindsay's pasture when the

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     water       ran   too      deep.

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Memories of East Texas and Gilmer, county seat of Upshur
Looking back and asking myself "what the hell did you let
them break your spirit for?"
You know, their lives ran in circles so small,
they thought they'd seen it all.
And they could not make a place for a girl who'd seen the ocean.

Chorus

Ah, but those memories of East Texas
and those piney green rolling hills
Covered in the springtime with those wild daffodils
Sittin' in those piney woods, playing my guitar
Thinking back on the roads I'd come,
Thinking I had not come that far.

Chorus

                                 David V. Wong
                           nastaliq@u.washington.edu
                               nastaliq@scn.org
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