Old 441

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The highway 441 don't look much 
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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 
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it's a bore


[Chorus]
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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
Hell, I ain't been through 
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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 
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the keys and say
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Go back the long way
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The long way


[Verse]
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I used to drive across the gorge 
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every couple weekends
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Baby sister was just barely 
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walkin' back then
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I never stayed long 'cause momma 
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made me crazy
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I'd hang out until dinner and say 
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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 
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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 
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house where she died
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She drifted off in her sleep on a 
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clear Sunday night
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She called me that day, I said 
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momma I'm busy
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I woke up Monday mornin', found 
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out she was gone


[Chorus]
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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 
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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
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 same