Drive By Truckers - Tva

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i grew up two hours north of birmingham
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me and my Daddy used to fish next to wilson dam
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he told some stories , camaros and j . w . dant
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when i got a little older , i wouldn’t and now Daddy can’t

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so i thank god for the tva
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thank god for the tva
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where me and my Daddy used to bow to the river and pray
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thank god for the tva

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when i was 15 , me and my girl sat out on the lock
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watchin’ the raccoons and terrapins dance on rocks
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she let me put my hand up under her shirt
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i wanted her to want me so bad , it hurt

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so i thank god for the tva
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thank god for the tva
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where me and my baby used to lay around and wait on the day
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thank god for the tva

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my grandDaddy told me when he was just 7 or so
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his Daddy lost work and they didn’t have a row to hoe
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not too much to eat for 7 boys and 3 girls
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all lived in a tent , a bunch of sharecroppers versus the world

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so his momma sat down and wrote a letter to fdr
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then a couple days later , a couple of country men came in a car
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rolled out in the field , told his Daddy to put down the plow
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and he helped build the damn , gave power to most the south

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so i thank god for the tva
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thank god for the tva
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where roosevelt let us all work for an honest day’s pay
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thank god for the tva