Pick The Wildwood Flower Song Lyrics and Chords by Gene Watson
Pick The Wildwood Flower
Recorded by Gene Watson written Joe Allen
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Them Texas fields were hot and
That tractor never
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was my kinda
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living
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when I hit sixteen I had the size
And I hit the road to
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freedom
And I'm
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glad I wasn't there to see my
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mama
Cause she
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must have cried for
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hours
I still
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hear her saying Gary
Get your
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guitar and pick the wildwood
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flower
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Now
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Dallas it was big and hard to find a job
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And so I
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didn't
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was easier to hitch a ride to Houston
And it was more like
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living
Now I've
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been down every road
And I've stood on
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every
porch
Where
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they were
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giving
And if they
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had an hour or a
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dime
I would pick the wildwood
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flower
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It's
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hard to turn around and look back
Down the roads
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that I have
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traveled
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Cause like a never ending ball of twine
My dreams have come un
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raveled
And now as
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evening lays it's shawl
Across the
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shoulders of my
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life I have to
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find
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couldn't tie my life together
With guitar
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strings and a poet's heart felt
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Pick The Wildwood Flower?
- The song Pick The Wildwood Flower was sang by Gene Watson.
Who is Gene Watson?
- Gary Gene Watson (born October 11, 1943) is an American country music singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1981 #1 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature 1979 song "Farewell Party." Watson's long career has included five number one hits, 21 top tens, and 48 charted singles.
