Okie from Muskogee

 

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1. We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee,

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    we don't take no trips on LSD.

 

    We don't burn no draft cards down on Main Street,

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    we like livin' right, and bein' free.

 

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2. And we don't make no party out of lovin',

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    we like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo.

 

    We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,

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    like the hippies out in San Francisco do.

 

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And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,

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a place where even squares can have a ball.

 

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,

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and White Lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.

 

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3. Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear,

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    beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.

 

    Football's still the roughest thing on campus,

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    and the kids they still respect the college dean. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,

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a place where even squares can have a ball.

 

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,

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and White Lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.

 

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    We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,

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    in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.

 

      (Merle Haggard)