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The only friends I've ever known are the kind you meet along a railroad
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The kind you bum tobacco from and view the world with through a boxcar
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friend who talks and
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makes you laugh has
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nothin' much but
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gives you half
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maybe you don't
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see him any
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Special I hear your lonesome whistle
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whine it's callin' me
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Special keep movin' me on down the
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My mackinaw is full of holes ain't too good at keepin' out the
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cold
My shoes are worn so paper thin
My feet can feel the cinders through the
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Sometimes I see a pretty girl wonder what I've missed along the
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Once
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someone special
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wore my ring and
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loved me more than
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anything
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gave her up and
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caught a train one
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Special I had a special girl one
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time now she's not mine
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Special keep movin' me on down the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Special?
- The song Special was sang by Charlie Pride.
Who is Charlie Pride?
- Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 - December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid 1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. During the peak years of his recording career (1966-1987), he had 52 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 30 of which made it to number one. He won the Entertainer of the Year award at the Country Music Association Awards in 1971.
Pride is one of three African-American members of the Grand Ole Opry (the others being DeFord Bailey and Darius Rucker). He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
