(It's good to touch the green green grass of home)
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The old hometown looks the same
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As I step down from the train
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And there to meet me is my mama and papa
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And down the road I look and there runs Mary
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Hair of gold and lips like cherries
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It's good to touch the green green grass of home
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Yes they'll all come to meet me arms areaching smiling sweetly
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It's so good to touch the green green grass of home
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The old house is still standing though the paint is cracked and dry
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And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on
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Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary
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Hair of gold and lips like cherries
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It's good to touch the green green grass of home
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Then I awake and look around me
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At the grey walls that surround me
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And I realize that I was only dreaming
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There's a guard and there's that sad old padre
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Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
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And again I'll touch the green green grass of home
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Yes they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree
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As they lay me neath the green green grass of home
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Green Green Grass Of Home
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| Del Reeves |
