George Jones - A Place In The Country

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For thirty some odd years he faced a grinder in the city,
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hustlin` day in day out just tryin` to survive,
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he bought his wife the finer things,and sent his kids to collage,
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that always took what little bit he tried to put aside,

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But thru it all he had one thing that seemed to keep him going,
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a dream that someday he could leave this city life behind,
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I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but his dream never faded,
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he told me all about it at least a thousand times.
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He always wanted, a place out in the country,
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where the birds sing, in the morning,and the gr ass is emerald green,
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a place where, he could feel the mornin` sunshine,
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and sit out in the evenin`, where the air is, fresh and clean.

It took lots of overtime to keep his wife up with the jonses,
and more to get his son out of his run-ins with the law,
the more it took the more he gave, never once complaining,
I don`t know how he ever stood the pressure of it all.

I never thought he`d make it, but he finally left the city,
and now he`s got that special little place to call his own,
today I took a ride out in the country just to see him,
it wasn`t hard to find because his name was on the stone.
(repeat chorus)x 2