Crimson And Clay

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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 I had it with me  everywhere I've been
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Red clay under my nails,
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deep crimson on my skin
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You could strip me  of everything I own
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And just leave me with the memories of my Alabama home

[Chorus]
            D          C                    G
I guess the highway didn't kill me after all
      D               C                  G
But I thought I was a goner in that trailer fire in
Arkansas
     D            C                    G
But I just let her burn and walked away
           D       C
And crawled back to the crimson and the clay

[Pre-Verse]
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 I got a little bolt action  for my nineth birthday

[Verse 2]
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And I can flip a silver dollar from a hundred yards away
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Nineteen eleven  under my floor mat
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Then one day it just occurred to me,
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I got  no use for that

[Chorus]
          D           C                G
Guess the city didn't kill me after all
         D         C                      G
The thing that nearly took me out was loneliness and
alcohol
     D           C                    G
And I just put it down and walked away
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And crawled back to the crimson and the clay

[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 3]
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 See the moon  in the morning, I anticipate the night
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 Licked the spoon  in the kitchen,
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      we prayed to Martha White
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 Little noose  in a locker,
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      brown eyes crying in the hall
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 Rebel flags  on the highway,
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      wooden crosses on the wall

[Chorus]
          D          C                       G
Guess the small town didn't suit me after all
             D       C                    G
There's still so many lonely kids surrounded by the rest of
y'all
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And I can't seem to keep myself away
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So I head back to the crimson and the clay

[Outro]
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