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[Verse 1]
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If I had Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride I wouldn't have a Buck Owen on my car,
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I'd give Dolly a Parton the good life and get me a Bonnie Guitar.
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I'd Sue Thompson for driving Conway Twitty,
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I'd have Johnnie Wright there digging oil Wells Kitty.
[Verse 2]
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If I had Johnny's Paycheck, Charlie'd Walker home from work no more,
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I'd try to Warner Mac she was making, poor Merle Haggard and sore.
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Oh, Homer, why'd Jethro your chances away,
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you drove Dottie West, I saw Billy Edd Wheeler away.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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If I had Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride, I'd buy Minnie Pearls that glitter,
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she's built like a Stonewall Jackson, you shoulda seen the letter Tex Ritter.
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If Jeannie'd C. Riley, she'd check Billy's Grammer fully,
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if Hank Snows he'll get Ben Colder, wearing Sheb's Wooleys.
[Verse 4]
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If I had Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride I'd know what's keeping Faron Young that way,
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what's making Ferlin Husky and Merve Shiner car each day.
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I'd turn Jack Greene, Claude Gray, Jim Ed Brown and Carl Belew,
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if I had Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride, and you, babe,
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Johnny's Cash, Charley's Pride, and you.
