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Everybody's Got

from Hound Dog Country by Thinkspeak

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lyrics

opening:

Everybody's got a refrigerator
everybody's got a lot of stuff
everybody's gotta go sooner or later
everybody finds it grand to be free

1.
once I left for fortune hunting never thinkin i'd be back
met a man his head was bald and gray
had a tattered robe and a cross carried a sign which read
ain't no gold in these here hills sure as there ain't no god

2.
taught me how to live and he taught me how to hate
carried me off with his preachin and his wife
set me down on a log one day
showed me how to meditate
told me he knew most ever blamed thing
but he didn't know his mate

3.
carried on down the railroad track and soon I lost my way
picked up my chin and looked around
found a colored couple in a shack told me I could stay
'cept black folks in these here parts
don't cater too much today

4.
fired on past my uncle who was pointin hard at me
didn't know I knew'em like I do
looks like the kinda fella who wouldn't harm a flea
wants me to give up my short life for
somethin he claims is free

5.
wouldn't listen tried to tell him that it ain't no good
can't keep the cold out with a flag
have to find a place somewhere I can go
live my life on a piece of land
my neighbor don't worship gold - repeat opening

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from Hound Dog Country, released April 6, 2012

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Thinkspeak Atlanta, Georgia

Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2018. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there.

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