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Those Poor Bastards
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Well I was raised by
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Papa Misery
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and Mama Guitar
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I never had no
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Place to call home
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Except for the woods behind the pond
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In the backwoods
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In the backwoods
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That's where I belong
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Sister Merry
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and brother Gently lost their homes in the big black mud
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(They lost it all, yeah)
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They moved to Georgia
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But I didn't follow
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I stayed back home to tend the farm
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I got me a dog, he's got no eyes
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I cut 'em out 'cause I though he was watchin' me
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So I got me a girl, she got no legs
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I cut 'em off so she wouldn't go cheatin'
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(yeah, no more cheatin' now)
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In the backwoods
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(I know I done some things wrong)
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In the backwoods
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(But it got just so dog-gone lonesome)
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That's where I belong
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In the backwoods
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In the backwoods
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That's where I belong
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In the backwoods
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In the backwoods
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That's where I belong
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In the backwoods
Those Poor Bastards "Sacrificial Lamb"
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