Old Coyote Town

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[Verse 1]
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He’s got a US flag on his front 
porch
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To remind everyone where he lives
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And up in the attic there are 
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papers that prove
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The old house is finally his
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After thirty-five years the grass 
still don’t grow
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In that rock hard west Texas ground
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Where my old dad still clings to 
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that old coyote
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town

[Chorus 1]
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Like horses the pick-ups are parked 
out in front
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Of a cafe that don’t need a name
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Where the old men rock and the 
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tumbleweeds roll
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Past the boarded up windows down 
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Main


[Verse 2]
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Waist high weeds hide a for sale 
sign
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At the drive-in where my innocence 
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died
Continues after the ad
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With a rusty advertisement, 
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dangling by a nail
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Says Popcorn and Pepsi for a dime
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And down at the depot where I left 
for good
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There’s a hobo with his 
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three-legged hound
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Waitin' for a train, that no longer 
comes to that
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old coyote town


[Chorus 2]
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And the interstate rumbles like a 
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river that runs
      Em                        
To a rhythm that don’t ever slow 
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down
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As cars and trucks, and time pass by
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That old coyote town

[Verse 3]
       C
Daddy falls asleep in the living 
room
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On the sofa with the TV on

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Sometimes he waits for a phone 
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call from me
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Sometimes he waits too long
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But I still think of the people and
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 the place that
he loves
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How much longer will they be 
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around
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Till its ashes to ashes, dust to 
dust
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For that old coyote town


[Chorus 1]
      Em                      F
Like horses the pick-ups are parked 
out in front
     Em                      F
Of a cafe that don't need a name
          Am7                 
Where the old men rock and the 
   C/G
tumbleweeds roll
          Dm7                   
Past the boarded up windows down 
    G
Main


[Chorus 2]
         Em                      
And the interstate rumbles like a 
  F
river that runs
      Em                        
To a rhythm that don’t ever slow 
  F
down
    Am7                   C/G
As cars and trucks, and time pass by
      F     G    C
That old coyote town
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God bless that old coyote town