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How I Love Them Old Songs    (1970)

Doggone my soul, how I love them old songs
They were a comfort to me when I was alone
The dancin' stops, but the music must go on
Doggone my soul how I love them old songs.

Ah! when I hear that double eagle guitar
It makes me think how trouble free girls we are
There was a time I spent my nights in a bar
Playin' that old juke box until the honky tonky locked up

Doggone my mind just won't leave me alone
Keeps on reminding me I'm so far from home.
Those heart breakin' achin' eggs and bacon country songs
They take me back to hard wood floors, outdoor johns, and mason jars

It's all I can do to believe that's it's gone
That hard knockin', rock 'n' rollin' life that I've known
But dancin' stopped, and the music must go on
Doggone my soul how I love them old songs.

Lyrics by Mickey Newbury.
Recorded by Carl Smith; Mickey Newbury; others.

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