George Gudgers Overalls

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[Verse 1]
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As I walked out one mornin'  in 
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the Alabama chill,
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I saw some old friends hangin' 
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from a tree on Hobie's Hill.
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By their tattered legs they 
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dangled drippin' down along the 
spine.
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It was old George Gudger's 
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overalls a-drying on the line.

[Verse 2]
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George Gudger, he's an honest 
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cuss, and he loves to work his land.
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And I'd long admired his overalls 
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that I held there in my hand.
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My brand new pair was stiffer than
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 a starched-up Sunday suit.
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But his could walk around by their
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 selves and plow the corn to boot!

[Bridge]
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Now the knees looked almost bloody 
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from the red Hale County clay.
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George Gudger's debts and prayers 
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had kept him kneelin' down all day.
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Old George owes me money, but I 
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owe him my respect.
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And if his overalls will fit me, 
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Boys, I'll forget about his debt.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3 ]
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I stepped in to them big old legs 
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like fallin' down a mine.
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Then I heard a ragged chuckle, and
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 there stood old George behind.
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A smile of old tobacco juice just 
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tricklin' down agin.
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He says, "You might as well try 
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walkin' round in someone else's skin

[Verse 4]
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"But son, if you like them old 
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friends of mine so much, I guess I
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 can let 'em go
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 Had to lend 'em to me wife last 
year, while she's carry'n Little 
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Joe.
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She bent down in the fields one 
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day and split that tired old seam
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And now she gone and beat 'em half
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 to death on that rock there by 
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the stream'

[Bridge]
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Yeah the knees looked almost bloody
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 from the red Hale County clay.
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George Gudger's debts and prayers 
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had kept him kneelin' down all day
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You know I walked just like a 
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drunken man, they dang near made 
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me fall.
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They kept tryin' to steer me back 
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towards Gudger's place, Cuz they 
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still Old George's overalls!

[Verse 5]
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At home before the mirror I seemed
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 to be a different man,
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In my mind they kept seein' his 
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farmed out patch o' land.
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So I took him back his overalls 
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and a weeks supply of food,
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I also left my brand new pair and 
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I sneaked home in the nude.