Jack Ingram
One Light Town

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Billy lights a cigarette thinkin’
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It might do him some good
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Tammy comes over and sits right
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Down beside him
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Cause she thinks she should
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They don’t know 
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What they’re gettin’ into –
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Did you think they would

Billy’s just another boy
From the other side of the tracks
He’s got his eye on a pretty little
Girl but he’s not so sure that
She will lay down
Will she put up a fight like all the
Rest in that worn out
One light town

Tammy looks at Billy and says
“Hey Darlin’, you’re my sweet.”
Billy, he’s actin’ cool so he smirks a
Soft one and says
“Darlin’ that’s real neat.
I think I’ll go downtown and buy 
Me a beer and drink myself into
Next week.”

Billy rolls a crooked one
He’s gonna smoke it
And see where he can go
He’s gonna lie out
In an open field and he don’t give a 
Damn about the rain, the sleet
Or the snow
He’s gonna leave this town behind
Him, where he lands nobody knows

The wind is gonna start to rumble
And those tumble weeds –
They’re gonna roll
That’s when we’re gonna catch the
Next train to Boulder
Get out and take a long look
Around
We’re gonna dream about ol’ Billy
Stuck down there in that 
One Light Town