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[Verse]
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I grew up two hours north of Birmingham
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Me and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam
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He told some stories, Camaros and J.W. Dant
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When I got a little older, I wouldn't and now Daddy can't


[Chorus]
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So I thank God for the TVA
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Thank God for the TVA
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Where me and my daddy used to bow to the river and pray
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Thank God for the TVA


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When I was 15, me and my girl sat out on the lock
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Watchin' the raccoons and terrapins dance on rocks
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She let me put my hand up under her shirt
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I wanted her to want me so bad, it hurt


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So I thank God for the TVA
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Thank God for the TVA
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Where me and my baby used to lay around and wait on the day
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Thank God for the TVA


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[Verse]
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My granddaddy told me when he was just 7 or so 
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His daddy lost work and they didn't have a row to hoe
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Not too much to eat for 7 boys and 3 girls
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All lived in a tent, a bunch of sharecroppers versus the world

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So his momma sat down and wrote a letter to FDR
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Then a couple days later, a couple of county men came in a car
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Rolled out in the field, told his daddy to put down the plow
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And he helped build the dam, gave power to most the South


[Chorus]
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So I thank God for the TVA
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Thank God for the TVA
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Where Roosevelt let us all work for an honest day's pay
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Thank God for the TVA