Steve Earle – Dead Or Gone To Dallas (Guitar)

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Once upon a time, this was the all-American town

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Kinda place you live your whole life with both your feet on the ground

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Never met a stranger when you're walking down the street

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Made the kinda memories you keep

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Now everybody's dead or gone to Dallas

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And I don't know why I'm hanging around

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Now my daddy met my mama at a dance in the high school gym

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He was in love at first sight, but she wasn't so sure about him

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Well, then my sister come along and me after that

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More cousins you can shake a stick at

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Now everybody's dead or gone to Dallas

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And I reckon I'm a-following them

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It used to be you didn't need to go anywhere

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Further than the county line

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Everything anybody needed was here

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Unless you're just a rambling kind

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Once they shut the sawmill and the creamery down

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It didn't take a genius to know

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You're gonna get a job and then you're headed outta town

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Ain't but just one way to go

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Well, there used to be a grocery on Main Street and a five-and-dime

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A pharmacy, a funeral home, an old building supply

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Take a wild guess which of them'll survive

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'Til there ain't nobody left alive

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Everybody's dead or gone to Dallas

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And I know it's just a matter of time

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Yeah, dead or gone to Dallas

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And some are further down the line