Lonesome River Band
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Cool and cloudy nights upon Boll Mountain, Alabama
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Flashing through my mind was Big Homer’s reputation
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The clouds rolled by and then I saw the shadow of a lady
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I was stealing corn from Homer Lawson’s Field
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A man who really didn’t give a damn
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It was Homer’s lovely daughter Julie Ann
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The rattle of the cornstalks and the bark of Homer’s hound dog
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They say he shot ol’ Mountain Joe for just one ear of corn
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I smelled the perfume in her hair as she sat down beside me
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Made me hug the ground and lie dead still
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And laughed the day they laid him in the ground
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Whispered “Papa’s running moonshine again”
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3. Well, I can hear the breaking of
the sticks from someone’s footsteps
5. I thank God for cloudy nights and Alabama’s
whiskey stills
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3. But shaky legs just can’t get up
and run
5. And harvest time in Homer Lawson’s
field
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3. And as I lay there breathless, the
next thing I expected
5. I thank God for cloudy nights and
Alabama’s whiskey stills
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3. Was a blast of Hell from Homer
Lawson’s gun
5. And harvest time in Homer Lawson’s
field