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[Verse]
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It snowed the night be- fore and it had frozen on the ground
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We didn't have a car and we lived seven miles from town
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And I can hear my daddy's voice so many years a- go
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Sayin', "Don't forget the coffee Billy Joe"
[Chorus]
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"Mama needs her medicine, she's got that real bad cough
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We'll get our check on Monday, tell ol' Sam we'll pay him off
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You can catch a ride when you get to the black-top road
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Don't forget the coffee Billy Joe"
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Me and Quentin went back on the hill and we cut some wood
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Burnin' in that ol' warm mornin' stove, it sure smelled good
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Daddy couldn't get work then and I was just a child
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And God was on vacation for awhile
[Chorus]
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"Well, if you see Fred you tell him I'll come help him kill them hogs
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And ask him if he'd still be inter- ested in my dogs
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Don't hang around that pool room all day, we might get more snow
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And don't forget the coffee Billy Joe"
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Well, they wonder why there ain't no rabbits left this day and time
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To tell the truth, I guess we ate 'em all in forty- nine
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Was that yesterday or was it over twenty years a- go
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"Don't forget the coffee Billy Joe"
[Chorus]
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"Mama needs her medicine, she's got that real bad cough
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We'll get our check on Monday, tell ol' Sam we'll pay him off
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You can catch a ride when you get to the black-top road
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Don't forget the coffee Billy Joe (Now pay attention, son)
[Outro]
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Don't forget the coffee Billy Joe"
