The Carroll County Accident

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[Verse 1]
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Carroll County's pointed out as 
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kind of square
The biggest thing that happens is 
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the county fair
I guess that's why it seemed like 
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such a big event
What we call the Carroll County 
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accident


[Verse 2]
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The wreck was on the highway just 
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inside the line
Walter Browning lost his life and 
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for a time
It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones 
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would surely die
But she lived long enough for her to
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 testify


[Verse 3]
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Walter Browning was a happy married 
man
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And he wore a golden wedding ring 
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upon his hand
But it was gone, nobody kneW just 
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where it went
He lost it in the Carroll County 
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accident


[Verse 4]
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Mary Ellen testified he flagged her 
down
Said he was sick and could she drive
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 him into town
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No one even doubted what she said 
was true
'Cause she was well respected in the
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 county too


[Verse 5]
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I went down to see the wreck like 
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all the rest
The bloody seats, the broken glass, 
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the tangled mess
But I found something no one else 
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had even seen
Behind the dash in Mary's crumpled 
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up machine


[Verse 6]
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A little match box circled by a 
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rubber band
And inside the ring from Walter 
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Browning's hand
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It took awhile to figure out just 
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what it meant
The truth about the Carroll County 
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accident


[Verse 7]
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By dark of night I dropped the 
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ring into a well
And took a sacred oath that I would 
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never tell
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The truth about the Carroll County 
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accident
Cause the County ordered dad a 
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marble monument


[Otro]
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I lost him in the Carroll County 
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accident