Charley Pride - Hickory Hollow Times & County News lyrics

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I was sitting on the sofa in my music row apartmentOpening up a letter from my best friend, Silus BlueHe included last week's issue of our tiny hometown paperWith a note that said he finally got his picture in the newsSo I started on the front page with the mayor and the bar chiefDriving big old tractors in the founder's day paradeAnd a story about the JC's annual bake sale at the bar homeRaising money for the orphans, selling cookie and [Incomprehensible]Got the farming boat, the high school sportsFishing news and bowling scoresThe weather and the ladies' gossip tooWho's left town and who's come homeWho's been born and who's passed onWho's divorced and who's married whoIn the Hickory Hollow Times & County NewsIt's reported Henry Johnson was seen courting the widow JacksonOutside in the moonlight on the Moose Lodge patioSue Walker said she saw him holding hands in church on SundayHolding hands in church reminds me of my old sweetheart, Betty JoanAnd right there on the next page grinning like a parsonMy old buddy, Silus, in his tux and cowboy bootsAnd standing close beside him in her bridal gown and diamondsBetty Joan, my high school sweetheart, the new Mrs. BlueGot the farming boat, the high school sportsFishing news and bowling scoresThe weather and the ladies' gossip tooWho left town and who's come homeWho's been born and who's passed onWho's divorced and who's married whoIn the Hickory Hollow Times & County NewsAnd you know it makes me happy to see 'em happy tooIn the Hickory Hollow Times & County NewsIn the Hickory Hollow Times & County News