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1. In a small town in Georgia, over forty years ago,

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her maiden name was Musick till she met that Jackson boy.

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They married young like folks did then, not a penny to their name,

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they believed the one you vowed to love

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should always stay the same.

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2. On the land his daddy gave them, a foundation underway,

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for a love to last forever or until their dying day.

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They built a bond that’s strong enough to stand the test of time

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and a place for us to turn to when our lives where in a bind.

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And they made their house from a tool shed,

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granddaddy rolled down on two logs,

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and they built walls all around it and they made that house a home.

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And they taught us about good living, they taught us right from wrong,

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Lord, there’ll never be another place in this world that I’ll call home.

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3. My mama raised five children, four girls, then there was me,

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she found her strength with faith in God and love of family.

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She never had a social life, home was all she knew,

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except the time she took a job to pay a bill or two.

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4. My daddy skinned his knuckles on the cars that he repaired,

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he never earned much money, but he gave us all he had.

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He never made the front page, but he did the best he could,

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and folks drove their cars from miles around

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to let him look underneath the hood.

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And they made their house from a tool shed,

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granddaddy rolled down on two logs,

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and they built walls all around it and they made that house a home.

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And they taught us about good living, they taught us right from wrong,

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Lord, there’ll never be another place in this world that I’ll call home.

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There’ll never be another place in this world that I’ll call home.

(Alan Jackson)