HANK
As recorded by Oliver Anthony Music
(2026 release)
Intro
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Verse 1
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I grew up on the back of a Piedmont pine stand, strumming on guitar strings
[Am]
Till one day I figured that I might ought to figure out how to play and sing
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I strummed three-chord songs all night long on the back of a farm pond bank
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I was raised on the good words of Waylon and brought up on Hank
Verse 2
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Them old songs about trotting lines and coal mines, and chewing on the hickory twig
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In this world that I despise, I'm just trying to live life the same way that my granddad did
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My songs might be missing two old boys kissing, but they ain't going to miss that soul
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Of a young man living in a world that's forgetting all the things that the good Lord told
Chorus
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But on the dark side of the mountain, there's a little place I go and hide
[A]
Where you run two hours down a two-lane road
[D]
You drop her down in four-wheel drive
[G]
When I'm deep down in that valley
[D]
This old world, it spins so slow
[A]
Like I can almost hear a voice
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Saying, "Son, the Lord's about to call some folks on home"
[Instrumental Break]
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Verse 3
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Well, we're all just big bags of bones that are glued to our phones and shit that's wrecking our health
[D]
In this age of false idols, there's pages of Bibles collecting dust on a shelf
[G]
When you get that time machine going, brother, please sign me up, cuz I want off this ride that I'm on
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Where we all get dumber by the minute and weaker by the day, with many more days left to come
Outro
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