Dyess Arkansas
written by Buddy Jewell
from the album "Times Like These"
tabbed 9/13/05


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Would you believe this blacktop highway used to be a one-lane gravel road
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Back when Johnny Cash was just somebody Daddy went to school with years ago
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When the cottonwoods reached to the sky & honeysuckle vines reached all around
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My eyes well up with memories every time I think about this little town, 'cause


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I know there's bigger cities, full of all the sights and sounds
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Where people live in fear and lock their doors long before the sun goes down
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The drive-in picture show's been closed for years, no superstores or mini-malls
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Ah but everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas


I used to laugh at all the stories Daddy'd tell me about all the mischief he'd get in
Dream of penny candy nickels soda pops, Lord what a dollar'd buy back then
When livin' life was picture perfect like a Norman Rockwell painting of the South
Lord I'd give almost anything to hear my daddy tell his stories now, he'd say


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Yes I know there's bigger cities, but there ain't no better town
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Folks here don't live in fear and lock their doors long before the sun goes down
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The population sign ain't changed in years I guessed it's destined to be small
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Ah but everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas
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Yeah everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas


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