(Steve Fromholz)
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Six o'clock silence
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Of a new day beginning
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Is heard in the small Texas town
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Like a signal from nowhere
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The people who live there
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Are up and moving around
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'Cause there's bacon to fry
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And there's biscuits to bake
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On the stove that the Salvation Army won't take
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And you open the windows
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And you turn on the fan
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'Cause it's hotter than hell
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When the sun hits the land
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Walter and Fanny
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Well they own the grocery
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That sell most all that you need
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They've been up and working
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Since early this morning
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They've got the whole village to feed
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Well they put out fresh eggs
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And throw bad ones away
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That rotted because
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Of the heat yesterday
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The store is all dark
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So you can't see the flies
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That settle on round steak
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And last Monday's pies
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Sleepy Hill's drugstore
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And the cafe are open
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The coffee is bubbling hot
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'Cause the folks that ain't working
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Gonna sit there 'til sundown
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And talk about what they ain't got
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Someone just threw a clutch
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In the old pickup truck
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It seems like they're riding
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On a streak of bad luck
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The doctor bills came
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And the well has gone dry
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Seems their grown kids don't care
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Whether they live or die
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Texas Trilogy: Daybreak
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Lyle Lovett |