ARE HARDY AND MORGAN WALLEN.
♪ ♪
♪
♪ THEY WERE FARM KIDS
WAY DOWN IN DIXIE ♪
♪ THEY MET IN HIGH SCHOOL
IN THE SIXTIES ♪
♪ EVERYONE KNEW IT WAS LOVE
FROM THE START ♪
♪ ONE JULY
IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR ♪
♪ HE CLIMBED UP
ON THE WATER TOWER ♪
♪ STOOD ON THE RAIL AND
PAINTED A TEN FOOT HEART ♪
♪ IN JOHN DEERE GREEN
ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT ♪
♪ HE WROTE
BILLY BOB LOVES CHARLENE
IN LETTERS THREE FOOT HIGH ♪
♪ AND THE WHOLE TOWN SAID
THAT HE SHOULD'VE USED RED ♪
♪ BUT IT LOOKED GOOD
TO CHARLENE
IN JOHN DEERE GREEN ♪
♪
♪ THEY SETTLED DOWN
ON EIGHTY ACRES ♪
♪ RAISING SWEET CORN
KIDS AND TOMATOES ♪
♪ THEY WENT TOGETHER
LIKE A HAND AND A GLOVE ♪
>> YES, THEY D
♪ ON A CLEAR DAY
FROM THEIR FRONT YARD ♪
♪ IF YOU LOOK
AND KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR ♪
♪ OFF TO THE EAST
YOU CAN STILL READ
HIS WORDS OF LOVE ♪
♪ IN JOHN DEERE GREEN
ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT ♪
♪ HE WROTE
BILLY BOB LOVES CHARLENE
IN LETTERS THREE FOOT HIGH ♪
♪ AND THE WHOLE TOWN SAID
THAT HE SHOULD HAVE USED RED ♪
♪ BUT IT LOOKED GOOD
TO CHARLENE
IN JOHN DEERE GREEN ♪
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>> Y'ALL MAKE SOME NOISE AT THE
CMA AWARDS FOR POST MALONE!
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♪
♪ WELL I GOT MY FIRST TRUCK
WHEN I WAS THREE ♪
♪ DROVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES
ON MY KNEES ♪
♪ HAULED MARBLES AND ROCKS
AND THOUGHT TWICE BEFORE ♪
♪ I HAULED A BARBIE DOLL BED
FOR THE GIRL NEXT DOOR ♪
♪ SHE TRIED
TO PAY ME WITH A KISS ♪
♪ AND I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND
THERE'S SOMETHING WOMEN LIKE
ABOUT A PICKUP MAN ♪
♪ WHEN I TURNED 16
I SAVED
A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS ♪
♪ MY FIRST CAR
WAS A PICKUP TRUCK ♪
♪ I WAS CRUISIN' THE TOWN
AND THE FIRST GIRL I SEEN ♪
♪ WAS BOBBIE JO GENTRY
THE HOMECOMING QUEEN ♪
♪ SHE FLAGGED ME DOWN
AND CLIMBED UP IN THE CAB ♪
♪ AND SAID
I NEVER KNEW
YOU WERE A PICKUP MAN ♪
♪ YOU CAN SET
MY TRUCK ON FIRE
AND ROLL IT DOWN A HILL ♪
♪ AND I STILL
WOULDN'T TRADE IT
FOR A COUPE DEVILLE ♪
♪ I GOT AN EIGHT-FOOT BED
THAT NEVER HAS TO BE MADE ♪
♪ YOU KNOW
IF IT WEREN'T FOR TRUCKS
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TAILGATES ♪
♪ I MET ALL MY WIVES
IN TRAFFIC JAMS ♪
♪ THERE'S JUST SOMETHING
WOMEN LIKE
ABOUT A PICKUP MAN ♪
♪
♪ A BUCKET OF RUST
OR A BRAND-NEW MACHINE ♪
♪ ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK
AND YOU'LL KNOW
WHAT I MEAN ♪
♪ YOU CAN SET
MY TRUCK ON FIRE
AND ROLL IT DOWN A HILL ♪
♪ AND I STILL
WOULDN'T TRADE IT
FOR A COUPE DEVILLE ♪
♪ I GOT AN EIGHT-FOOT BED
THAT NEVER HAS TO BE MADE ♪
♪ YOU KNOW
IF IT WEREN'T FOR TRUCKS
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TAILGATES ♪
♪ I MET ALL MY WIVES
IN TRAFFIC JAMS ♪
♪ THERE'S JUST SOMETHING
WOMEN LIKE
ABOUT A PICKUP MAN ♪
♪ YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING
WOMEN LIKE
ABOUT A PICKUP MAN ♪
♪
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