Swattin Flies

[Intro ]
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Me and Daddy smell like smoke as we just burned the trash 

Mama hollered through the screen door, son, you need to cut the grass 
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The game on the radio, couldnt afford a dish 
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Lord knows they dont run cable way out in the sticks 
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Blue tick tail tapping, laughing, telling lies 
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Bug zapper zapping, front porch shucking corn and swatting flies 
 

 
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Grandpa drive his old truck to meet his buddies down at the hardware store 

They'd tell the same old stories, wouldn't talk about the war 
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Uncle Ricky still brags about his high school football team 
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He swears he'd have gone D1 if he hadn't blown his knee (yeah right) 

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Grandma's beauty shop gossip came through the grapevine 
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We heard all about his shucking corn and swatting flies 
 

 
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Oh, we didn't know he had it made 
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No, we were counting down the days 
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Couldn't wait to blow that little town a big old kiss goodbye 

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Now I'm reminiscing, missing shucking corn and swatting flies 


Instrumental/Solo 
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Three deep on a 12 foot jon boat trying to catch a bass 

Drinking RC colas, talking about the girls in homeroom class 
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Tommy's sister sure looked good at last week's football game 
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I asked her to the homecoming dance, sure enough she came 

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But she left with my buddy in his brand new ride 
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Doing God knows what, I stuck home shucking corn and swatting flies 
 

 
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Oh, we didn't know he had it made 
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No, no we were counting down the days 

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Couldn't wait to blow that little town a big old kiss goodbye 
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Now I'm reminiscing, missing shucking corn aand swatting flies 

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Couldn't wait to blow that little town a big old kiss goodbye 
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Now I'm reminiscing, missing shucking corn and swatting flies 

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Outro 
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