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[Verse 1]
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Well, I woulda bought my grandpa's farm
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But I couldn't raise quite enough cash
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Now they're cuttin' all the timber down
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Turnin' all the rest to ash
[Verse 2]
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A company came in from outta state
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To building another stinkin' factory
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And them county politicians think they know
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Just exactly what we need
[Chorus]
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But I sit down by the highway
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I hear those big cats growl
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Where the quail gonna fly to?
Where will the rabbits run now?
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I watch 'em tearin' all to hell
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Used to be my church
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Tearin' up my grandpa's land
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They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt
[Verse 3]
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A few more jobs and a lot less trees
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Gonna put this county in the rat race
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Like that's where we want to be
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This used to be such a peaceful place
[Verse 4]
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And they'll tell us that they don't pollute
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This shit they dump in the river is perfectly safe
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But all the talk in the whole wide world
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Could never bring back what they laid to waste
[Chorus]
F C
I sit down by the highway
G C
I hear those big cats growl
F C
Where the quail gonna fly to?
Where will the rabbits run now?
F C
I watch 'em tearin' all to hell what
G C
Used to be my church
F C
Tearin' up my grandpa's land
F C
They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt
[Instrumental]
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C
[Verse 5]
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There's an ancient oak standin' alone
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Tryin' to do the work of a thousand trees
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Been here since the Cherokee called this home
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But it's standin' in the way of a factory
[Chorus]
F C
I sit down by the highway
G C
I hear those big cats growl
F C
Where the quail gonna fly to?
Where will the rabbits run now?
F C
I watch 'em tearin' all to hell what
G C
Used to be my church
F C
Tearin' up my grandpa's land
F C
They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt
F C
They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt
