Corey Smith – Old 441 (Guitar)

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The highway 441 don't look much the same

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They straightened out all the curves and

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turned it four-lane

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They by-passed every downtown clear

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up to Clayton

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We make better time now but damn it's a bore

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So honey, let's take the long way

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Hang a hard left and then bare to the right

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Hell, I ain't been through Clarksville

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Since I was just learnin' to drive

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We used to come fish in the creeks around here

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A few cans of corn and a twelve-pack of beer

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We'd walk the banks till it was too dark to see

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Momma'd be drunk so she's hand me the keys and say

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Go back the long way

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The long way

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I used to drive across the gorge every couple weekends

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Baby sister was just barely walkin' back then

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I never stayed long 'cause momma made me crazy

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I'd hang out until dinner and say I got to go

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And I'd head back down the long way

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And step off in Demarest [?] I got the urge

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To see my old sweetheart

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If I's lucky I'd sleep there with her

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I swore I loved her but I never did

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I thought I was a man but I's just a kid

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Before the Lord brought you into my life

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I traveled this road but I's lost all the time

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Out on the long way

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The long way

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Tiger Mountain ain't far from the house where she died

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She drifted off in her sleep on a clear Sunday night

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She called me that day, I said momma I'm busy

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I woke up Monday mornin', found out she was gone

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So we went back the long way

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It was the only way there used to be

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And i's cryin' like a baby

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So you did the drive in for me

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I'll never forget how gentle you were

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Holdin' my hand, standin' over her

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I knew back then you'd be the woman I'd

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Lovin' you's one thing I don't regret

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And we've come a long way

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A long way

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The highway 441 don't look much the same