Paint Your Wagon movie - The First Thing You Know lyrics

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God made the mountains<br>

God made the sky<br>

God made the people<br>

God knows why<br>

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He fixed up the planet<br>

As best as He could<br>

Then in come the people<br>

And gum it up good<br>

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The first thing you know<br>

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They civilized the foothills<br>

And every weary put hills<br>

The mountains and valley below<br>

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They come along and take 'em<br>

And civilize and make 'em<br>

A place where no civilized<br>

Person would go<br>

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The first thing you know<br>

The first thing you know<br>

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They civilize what's pretty<br>

By puttin' up a city<br>

Where nothin' that's<br>

Pretty can grow<br>

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They muddy up the winter<br>

And civilize it, into a place<br>

Too uncivilized<br>

Even for snow<br>

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The first thing you know<br>

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They civilize left<br>

They civilize right<br>

Till nothing is left<br>

Till nothing is right<br>

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They civilize freedom<br>

Till no one is free<br>

No one except<br>

By coincidence, me<br>

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The first thing you know<br>

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The boozer's in prison<br>

And the criminally isn't<br>

And only the rascals have gone<br>

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When I see a parson<br>

I gotta put my arson in<br>

A wagon that follows the tail of a crow<br>

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The first thing you know<br>

I pick up a growl<br>

The first thing you know<br>

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