Johnny Cash — Green Green Grass of Home

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The old home town looks the same   
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As I step down from the train 
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And there to meet me is my mama and papa 
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Down the road I look and there runs Mary  
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Hair of gold and lips like cherries 
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It's good to touch the green green grass of home 
  
                                       
Yes they'll all come to meet me   
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Arms reaching smiling sweetly 
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It's good to touch the  
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Green green grass of home 
  
The old house is still standing  
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Though the paint is cracked and dry 
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And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on 
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Down the lane I walk and with my sweet Mary  
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Hair of gold and lips like cherries 
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It's good to touch the green green grass of home 
  
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Then I awake and look around me  
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At the four gray walls that surround me  
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And I realize that I was only dreaming  
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For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre  
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Arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak   
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Again I'll touch the green grass of home 
  
Yes they'll all come to see me  
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In the shade of that old oak tree 
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As they lay me beneath  
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The green green grass of home