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Hillbilly Town

from Take Me As I Am by Johnny C. Lately

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© 2013 Woodrow Thomas

I’m going down to Hillbilly Town. I’m gonna spread myself around.
I’m gonna drink and fight ‘til I hit the ground, in Hillbilly Town.

I’m takin’ my girlfriend when I go, cause she don’t know the things I know.
She might be fun but she’s a little bit slow, in Hillbilly Town.
The sheriff down in Hillbilly Town, will take your shine and pass it around.
Cause that’s just the way that things go down in Hillbilly Town.

If you see me down on the street, standin’ on my own two feet.
I’m just trying to beat the heat, in Hillbilly Town.
They told me not to go up there. But I said that I wasn’t scared.
Cause I’ll do anything on a dare, in Hillbilly Town.

I’m going down to Hillbilly Town. I’m gonna spread myself around.
I’m gonna drink and fight ‘til I hit the ground, in Hillbilly Town.

I met a man who had a key. He said he’d sell that key to me.
He told me it would set me free, in Hillbilly Town.
I took one snort and “YAY - WAHOO”. I knew just what I had to do.
I took off my clothes except my shoes, in Hillbilly Town.

Way up yonder on the mountain top, they make their money from the green-bud crop.
There ain’t no way they’re gonna stop, in Hillbilly Town.
The old bootlegger and the preacher, too, they both have their own jobs to do.
Red River County got nothin’ on you, in Hillbilly Town.

I’m going down to Hillbilly Town. I’m gonna spread myself around.
I’m gonna drink and fight ‘til I hit the ground, in Hillbilly Town.

I’m goin’ down in my beat-up car. Gonna drink my liquor from a Mason jar.
Nobody cares just who you are, in Hillbilly Town.
I’m gonna howl with the wuff and run with the pack,
Gonna beat my woman with a gunny sack.
I won’t care if I never come back, from Hillbilly Town.

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from Take Me As I Am, track released December 1, 2013

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Johnny C. Lately has been one of the mainstays of the Northeast Texas songwriters scene for over 35 years.

He plays original songs based on his personal experience which explore the themes of Life, Death, Love and Laughter and throws in a few timeless cover songs to season the mix.

Originals, Roots, Black Dirt Country and Delta Blues ... more

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