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Billy Ray Wrote A Song
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George Jones
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Well, we left home free spirits, me and Billy Ray
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He was a going to be going to be going and I was running away
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Now we was broke before we got started and it got worse later on
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I wrote home for money and Billy Ray wrote a song.
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Now the people sure get picky when it comes to givin' a ride
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It didn't take long us leavin' but I thought we'd never arrive
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Now we get more rides than hitches as we hitch hiked along
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I got sore feet and blisters and Billy Ray wrote a song.
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Billy Ray wrote a song about everything we did
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I was a-findin' fault he was findin' rhyms that fit?
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Well, we did a lot of thinkin' most of my thoughts were wrong
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I wanted to ride to Nashville but Billy Ray wrote a song.
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Well, we got into Nashville tired, a-hungry and cold
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If we'd had a dime between us we could a-called everybody we know
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We found a bar still open a little band was pickin' away
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And I set in to drinkin'. Billy Ray set in to play,
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He was an overnight sensation I heard the radio say
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Somehow they failed to mention the miles all along the way
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Anyway that's how it happened, yeah, and it sure happened strong
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They wrote about it happenin' Billy Ray wrote a song.
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Billy Ray wrote a song about everything he knew
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If I'd a known what I know now, well, I'd-a been writting too
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Billy Ray sure had it made and I'm still taggin' along
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I'm a-writing home for money, Billy Ray' still writes the songs...
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