Dowdy Ferry Road

I remember when I was a child

My daddy said to me

We want you to grow up son

A lovin' your mom and me

But there's gonna be some hard times

When you bound to feelin' low

And there's a place of jubilation

Where the ragged people go

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It's over on a back road

On the other side of town

In the quiet of the evening

Sometimes you can hear the sound

We'd all sit and listen

And Momma'd say, "Baby don't you know

That's the peoples' jubilation

On Dowdy Ferry Road"


They're singing it on the corner

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Chorus:

Dancing in the street

Movin' to the music

Swaying check to check

If you get the feeling

You'll never wanna go

You'll wanna live forever

On Dowdy Ferry Road

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I saw her through a window

A starin' back at me

I ask her what her name was

She told me Sara Lee

And as we were walking

She said, "Teach me to be free"

I said, "The only place to go

Is down Dowdy Ferry Road"

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They're singing in on the corner

Dancing in the street

Movin' to the music

Swaying check to check

I heard her softly sayin'

"I love you don't you know

And we could live forever

On Dowdy Ferry Road"

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We're singing it on the corner

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Chorus:

Dancing in the street

Movin' to the music

Swaying check to check

If you get the feeling

You'll never wanna go

You'll wanna live forever

On Dowdy Ferry Road