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Intro

I grew up two hours north of Birmingham

Me and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam

He told some stories, Camaros and J.W. Dant

When I got a little older, I wouldn't and now Daddy can't

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So I thank God for the TVA

Thank God for the TVA

Where me and my daddy used to bow to the river and pray

Thank God for the TVA

When I was 15, me and my girl sat out on the lock

Watchin' the raccoons and terrapins dance on rocks

She let me put my hand up under her shirt

I wanted her to want me so bad, it hurt

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So I thank God for the TVA

Thank God for the TVA

Where me and my baby used to lay around and wait on the day

Thank God for the TVA

Intro 3 Times, then

My granddaddy told me when he was just 7 or so

His daddy lost work and they didn't have a row to hoe

Not too much to eat for 7 boys and 3 girls

All lived in a tent, a bunch of sharecroppers versus the world

So his momma sat down and wrote a letter to FDR

Then a couple days later, a couple of country men came in a car

Rolled out in the field, told his daddy to put down the plow

And he helped build the damn, gave power to most the South

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So I thank God for the TVA

Thank God for the TVA

Where Roosevelt let us all work for an honest day's pay

Thank God for the TVA