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[Verse 1]
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Well I hide behind my guitar like a sparrow in the night 
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Hopin' I might fly away anew 
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Cause they'll love you when you're wrong and then leave you when you're right 
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Tell me baby, what's a boy to do 
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Well I came to town a stranger not knowin' how to act 
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Figured I'd hang out and just get found 
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Made me some new friends, they climbed way on up my back 
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Been gone so long they ain't comin' down 
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You can kiss the sky good morning 
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You can say your prayers at night 
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Hide your soul way down in your shoes 
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But it's the same old scene 
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Borrowed love and faded dreams 
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And you just can't run   from those Arkansas blues 
     
[Verse 2] 
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Well time is playin' tricks on me, makes me think I'm movin' fast
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I don't think I'm movin' at all  
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And every single stranger's face I see reminds me of the past  
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Come on big and leave you feelin' small 
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So I took to drinkin' liquor on the other side of town
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Way up in those woods, beside the moon 
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Where every graceful dream I had got lost without a sound 
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Tell you what, I can't leave this place too soon 
  
[Chorus 2]
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And it don't take no rhyme or reason 
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It don't make no sense at all 
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Just one of those things that you don't choose 
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It's the same old scene 
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Broken hearts and busted strings 
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And you just can't run   from those Arkansas blues 
 
[Verse 3] 
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Well everybody's askin' questions 'out whose side you're on 
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I don't see how it matters much to me 
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And all these midnight celebrations that are ended by the dawn 
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Leave you feelin' low as you can be 
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So I'm leavin' town this morning, gonna lighten up my load 
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See if I can't lose what I have found 
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And it's one drink for the memories and one kiss for the road 
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Aw, look out, I believe I'm Texas bound 
 
[Chorus 3]  
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California, Oklahoma 
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Arizona, Tennessee 
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I've been all around this land to pay my dues 
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High, low and right behind me 
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Wherever I go they find me 
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And I just can't run    from those Arkansas blues
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And I just can't run    from those Arkansas blue