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One rainy night in Dalton they were talkin' in the bar  
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About two bodies they'd been searching for 
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Behind old Samson's sawmill, the blood hounds found their grave 
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They were layin' in that red Georgia clay  
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So I just sat and listened and drank my whiskey down 
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I knew I'd never make it out of town 
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When a big hand grabbed my shoulder, I started shakin' in my boots 
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And I knew the time had come to tell the truth  
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I said I followed them one evening when the sun was sinkin' low  
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I knew that loggin' shack was where they'd go 
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But when I watched 'em love together, it was more than I could take 
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So I left them layin' in that red Georgia clay 

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I may be hungry, cold and lonely in this ole prison cell 
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And when I die I guess I'll go to hell 
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But at least I know she won't be runnin' 'round on me today 
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Cause they're layin' in the Red Georgia clay  
 
 
Arm and arm together, they both wanted it that way 
So I left them layin' in that Red Georgia clay