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Bill's Laundromat, Bar And GrillWell, I was three days short of pullin' out KingsportI was headed down to Houston town Had my guitar packed in a burlap sack For exploiting my country singing I bypassed Jackson, bypassed Memphis By the time I got to Arkansas Id-a sold my car and this black guitar For anything cool and tall So I pulled up to a neon sign on highway forty-nine Shut the engine down, took a look around And then I stepped inside I asked that bouncer where I was He said, "Son, you're at Bills" Honky tonk pickin', line dance kickin' Razor back stickin', barbecue chicken Laundromat bar and grill Well, I saw old Bill sittin' at the bar With a pistol and change machine He was dolin' out quarters to a waitress named Starr When I asked him if I could sing He said, "Son, go ahead if you brought your guitar" Then he pointed to the back stage door He said, "We don't like original material Unless it's been done before" Well, I hit the stage like a big mule train Told the house band play in "c" I played the Tennessee Waltz, Kentucky Rain And the one about the bird that was free That lead guitar was like a chain saw That fiddle like a power drill at Bill's Honky tonk pickin', line dance kickin' Razor back stickin', barbecue chicken Laundromat bar and grill Well, in ten short minutes, I was up on stage I watched a biker punch a cowboys face With a perfect view I was witness to The destruction of the whole damn place It was long neck stems and white fringed hems Flyin' out of that dark saloon And that mechanical bull was reduced in full To the safest place in the room Well the punch-drunk cowboy showed his wife That his shirt was soaked in beer She said, "Calm down, honey, have another light 'Cause we can wash the shirt right here" Then the whole place stopped to thank me For bookin' my show at Bill's Honky tonk pickin', line dance kickin' Razor back stickin', barbecue chicken Laundromat bar and grill At Bill's, honky tonk pickin', line dance kickin' Razor back stickin', barbecue chicken Laundromat bar and grill |