Randy Rogers Band - They Call It The Hill Country

( intro )
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( verse 1 )
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the hills of cow gap stood rugged and awesome
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but you have to have fill dirt when youre building a road
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the hills of cow gap man they weathered the ages
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got wiped off the map for 12 dollars a load

( chorus )
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well they call it the hill country
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i call it beautiful
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i call it progress , if it could be saved ,
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they call it the hill country
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i call it home
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yeah what will they call it when its leveled and paved?

( verse 2 )
uncivilized pagans drink untreated water ,
right out of our river back in there day
now those streams bubble with clean treated sewage
while they sit in there hot tubs and they sip perrier

( chorus )

( verse 3 )
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scrape off the hill top build look a like houses
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move in some people and turn on the tv
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after the ball game turn on some old movies
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theyll smile when they see how things used to be

( chorus x3 )

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yeah what will they call it when its leveled and paved .

( outro )
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