Well the children come back to see the old homeplace
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They don't see a thing that they like
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The old well out back with its cool clear water don't fit into their style of life
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The old gravel road that leads to the old homeplace gets dust on their new shiny cars
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Well they didn't complain about nothing to do back when the old homepclace was new
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Back when the old homepclace was new there was plenty to see and to do
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But they can't remember and I ain't gonna tell 'em
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Back when the old homepclace was new
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There's an old swimming hole about a half mile away
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An old tire still swings from a tree
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I've got an old jar full of lightening and bugs and a dogfishin' weren't just today
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They can't get on line from my old telephone and I ain't got no cable TV
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Oh we used to tell stories and some of them true
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Back when the old homepclace was new
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Back when the old homepclace...
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Well the toys they treasured are stashed in the attic except for a rusty old bike
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There's a big ball of string in a drawer in the kitchen
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They used to use flying their kites
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There's a battered old can out there by the toolshed
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An old can that they used to kick
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They sit on the porch and they stare down the driveway
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They just can't see living like this
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Back when the old homepclace...
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Back When The Old Homeplace Was New
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| Tom T. Hall |
