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Bootlegger King
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Red Sovine
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Born just south of Knoxville to a family both humble and poor
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Never asked for anything at the early age of ten delivered newspapers door to door
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Then when he was in his teens he dreamed and scheemed for finer things
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And he finally figured out what he would do
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To be a big time business man he went and hired old Hoke and Stan
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And he started holdin' Chattanooga booze
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Soon his pockets filled with money and his fingers sported flashing diamond rings
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He had all he'd ever wanted when they labelled him the bootlegger king
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He always trusted Stan and Hoke to do exactly as were told
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They were hired to drive and not to think
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A smooth talking business man and he convinced old Hoke and Stan
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That booze was made for selling not to drink
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That old spring city fally never knew what all it carried
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But they knew when she unloaded by the banks
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Two rusty rigs roared out of there brakin' scrapin' jammin' gears
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Disguised to look like gasoline tanks
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He knew the ways of opperate runnin' Highway 58
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Right on into Kingston Tennessee
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To make the sheriff turn his back and face that old green pole and jack
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And swap the load at junction Dixie Lee
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That bootlegger king's fingers flashed with diamond rings
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And the lawman never knew quite where to wait
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But they knew it for the truth for a load of hundred proof
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He would flash his old pearl handled 38
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Then one day he met a girl the sweetest thing in all the world
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He knew the time had come to change his life
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But it kinda hurt to go to church to find the ones that got there first
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Was the same crooks he dealt with just last night
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The only thing that they believed is honor among the thieves
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And he found a lot of partners on the scene
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The choir's mouth were opened wide and that old deacon's bloodshot eyes
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Were focused on that bootlegger king
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He sat there on the mourners bench that new born baby made him think
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He knew he had a lot he must confess
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He knew enough to write a book with every name of every crook
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So he'd expose the whole rotten mess
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And now he's got his conscience clear he still don't know the name of beer
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Though true friends are few and far between
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He ain't proud of what he had to do he's heard the words that said the truth
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They're out to get that bootlegger king
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That bootlegger king's fingers...
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