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[Verse 1]
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There's a house in Willoughby Grove
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It used to have a wood burning stove
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Lots of children playin in the yard
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Life was good though the times were hard
[Chorus]
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Here my mama say,(here my mama say)
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Papa fetch some wood
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Growing up and Willoughby grove was good (grove was good)
[Verse 2]
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We were poor in Willoughby Grove
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Papa built the car we drove
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Aah, there was space and every hill was green
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Water clear and here was so clean
[Chorus]
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Here my papa say
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Mama I'm a happy man
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Wish I was in Willoughby grove again (grove again)
[Bridge]
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But I had to see the world
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The world outside
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The one day I hitched a ride
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I never had much reason to return
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Mama wrote till Papa died
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Now she's going to his side
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Lord what a sad return (so sad)
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Ain’t nobody saying.
[Verse 3]
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Welcome home to Willoughby Grove
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You know the county paved the old dirt road
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Aah, houses grow where meadows
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Used to be in our yard as a factory
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And there ain't nothing there to keep me now
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Looks like I'lI be moving on.
[Outro]
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I came home but Willoughby Grove was gone
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I came home but Willoughby Grove was gone gone
