[Intro]
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Four year's old my birthday, I opened presents, ate some cake
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I took my Tonka straight outside to play in dirt.
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Six years old, hard line drive, that ball just sailed on by
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'Cause I was busy writing that name of mine in dirt.
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It was my first love, good as gold, heaven was a shovel and a two foot hole
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Mama should have bought all my clothes in brown,'cause I'd turn 'em that color anyhow
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In between the car and the front steps of that church was dirt
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Turned sixteen, bought a Chevrolet, four wheel drive, what a happy day
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So even if it rained I could play in dirt
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Couple years later, wouldn't you know, I lost my heart at the rodeo
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She fell off her horse and was covered head to toe in dirt
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It was my first love, good as gold, heaven was a shovel and a two foot hole
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It's the reason I'm out here tilling this land and that rodeo queen's got a ring on her hand
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I don't know where I'd be if it weren't for dirt
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Well, I ain't afraid of growing old, 'cause when I die I know where I'll go
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There'll be no need to cry for me, I won't need your sympathy
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When they cover me up with six feet of earth, it's just dirt
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