Don't Forget The Coffee Billy Joe Song Lyrics and Chords
Don't Forget The Coffee Billy Joe Song Lyrics and Chords by Tom T. Hall
Don't Forget The Coffee Billy Joe
Written and Recorded by Tom T. Hall
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It snowed the night
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before and it had
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frozen on the ground
We didn't have a
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car and we lived
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seven miles from
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town
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I can hear my daddy's voice
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so many years
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ago
Sayin'
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don't forget the
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coffee Billy
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Joe
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Momma needs her medicine she's
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got that real bad
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cough
We'll
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get our check on Monday tell ol'
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Sam we'll pay him
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off
You catch a
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ride when you get
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to the blacktop
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road
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Don't forget the
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coffee Billy
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Me and Quentin
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went back on the
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hill and we cut some woods
Burnin' in that
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old warm mornin'
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stove it sure smelled
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good
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Daddy couldn't get work then and
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I was just a
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child
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God was on
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vacation for a
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while
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you see Fred you tell him I'll come
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help him kill them
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hogs
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ask him if he'd still be inte
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rested in my
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dog
Don't hang around that
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poolroom all day
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we might get more
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snow
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don't forget the
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coffee Billy
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Joe
Well they wonder why there
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ain't no rabbits
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left this day and time
To tell the truth I
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guess we ate '
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em all in '4
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Was that
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yesterday or was it over
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twenty years
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ago
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Don't forget the
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coffee Billy
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Repeat #2
Now pay attention son don't forget the
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coffee Billy
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Joe
FAQ
Who sang the the song Don't Forget The Coffee Billy Joe?
- The song Don't Forget The Coffee Billy Joe was sang by Tom T. Hall.
Who is Tom T. Hall?
- Thomas T. Hall (born May 25, 1936) is an American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is included in Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Songwriters. He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting.
