Down In Orange Grove

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[Verse 1]
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I learned to drive my daddy's old 
pickup truck, down in the orange 
grove
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I'd nearly get a whippin' when I'd 
get the truck stuck, down in the 
orange grove
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I wore out my first pair of Brogan 
shoes, down in the orange grove
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And that's where I learned how to 
sing the blues, down in the orange 
grove
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I learned to pray to the lord up 
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above, the very first time I ever 
tasted love was
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  Down in the orange grove, down in 
the orange grove

[Verse 2]
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You learn the value of a dollar when
 the sun gets hot, down in the 
orange grove
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The boss wants more and you give it 
all you've got down in the orange 
grove
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We'd have to light the smudge pots 
when it'd come a freeze, down in the
 orange grove
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And work all night just to save the 
trees, down in the orange grove
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I never will forget all the lessons
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 I learned, or the work I did for 
the money I earned
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  Down in the orange grove, down in 
the orange grove

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[Verse 3]
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Well the big freeze came; now the 
trees are gone, down in the orange 
grove
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They cleared the land and they've 
built new homes, down in the orange 
grove
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Then the canker hit back in '84, 
down in the orange grove
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Now there's shopping malls and 
grocery stores, down in the orange 
grove
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It made a lot of people happy when 
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the progress came, but deep down I 
know it won't be the same
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  Down in the orange grove, down in 
the orange grove
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  Down in the orange grove, down in 
the orange grove
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