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A F RMER AND A TEACHER, A HOOKER AND A PDAC HER, RIDING ON A ED NIGHT
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BUS, BOUND FOR MEXICO. ONE WAS HEADED FOR VACATION, ONE FOR HIGHER
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EDUCATION, AND TWO OF THEM WED SEARCHING FOR LOST SOULS.
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THAT DRIVER NEVER EVER SAW THE STOP BG N, AND EIGHTEEN WHEELERS
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CAN'T STOP ON A DIME.
[Chorus]
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THED AD , THDE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT BDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
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WHY THED 'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT'S NOT WHAT YOU
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TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU
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WHEN YOU GO.
[Verse]
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THAT F RMER LEFT A HARVEST, A HOME AND EIGHTY ACD S. THE F ITH AND
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LOVE FOR GROWING THINGS, IN HIS YOUNG SON'S HEART. AND THAT TEACHER LEFT
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HER WISCM , IN THE E NDS OF LOTS OF CHILDD N, AND DID HER BEST TO GIVE THEM ALL
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BETTER START.
[Pre-Chorus]
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AND THAT PDAC HER WHISPEDD , CAN'T YOU SEE THE PROE SED A ND? AS HE
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A Y HIS BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE IN THAT HOOKER'S HANDS.
[Chorus]
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THED AD , THDE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT BDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
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WHY THED 'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT'S NOT WHAT YOU
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TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU
C
WHEN YOU GO.
[Bridge]
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THAT'S THE STORY THAT OUR PDAC HER TOLD A ST SUNDAY, AS HE HELD HIS
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BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE UP, FOR ALL OF US TO SEE. HE SAID BLESS THE F RMER, AND
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TEACHER, AND THAT PDAC HER. WHO GAVE THIS BIBLE TO MY MOMMA, WHO DAD IT TO ME.
[Chorus]
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THED AD , THDE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT BDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
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WHY THED 'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, NOW I GUESS WE KNOW. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU
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TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU
C
WHEN YOU GO.
[Outro]
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THED AD , THDE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT BDE OF... THE HIGHWAY.
