Move Down The Line Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Move Down The Line
Recorded by Johnny Horton
Written by Billy Wallace
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Move down the line now you can't be true
You're ship is sinkin
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g now weâ€
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™re
through
I can't use you you're not
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my
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You're just
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a cheater move down th
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line
Now you can't thrill me with all your lies
Once I believed you
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but I got
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wise
I don't need you your sun wonâ
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€™t
shine
It started
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raining move down the
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line
Move down the line now go hide your face
You shot your motor
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you lost the
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race
I don't want you don't cry
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and
whine
I found
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another move down the
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line
You can stop your flirting and turn about
I had my ride so
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I'm
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g
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You spent my money you drank my
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wine
You're just
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a cheater move down th
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Now take the bitter along with the sweet
You played a good hand
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you just got
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beat
I caught up with you I know your
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side
Now it's al
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l over move down th
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Move Down The Line?
- The song Move Down The Line was sang by Johnny Horton.
Who is Johnny Horton?
- John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 - November 5, 1960) was an American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, during the 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his saga songs that became international hits beginning with the 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first No. 1 country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)".
Horton's music usually encompassed folk ballads based on American historic themes and legend. He had two successes in 1960 with both "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska," the latter utilized over the opening credits to the John Wayne film of the same name. Horton died in November 1960 at the peak of his fame in a traffic collision, less than two years after his breakthrough. Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
