[Verse 1]
Turpentine and dandelion wine
I've turned the corner and I'm doing fine
Shootin' at the birds on a telephone line
Picking them off with this gun of mine
Got fire in my belly and fire in my head
Goin' higher and higher, until i'm dead

[Verse 2]
Now brother Gene, he's big and mean
He don't have much to say
He had a little woman who he whupped each day
But now she's gone away
I got drunk last night, kicked mamma down the stairs
But i'm alright, so I don't care

[Chorus]
Oh, the sun shines bright in my old Kentucky home!
And young folks roll on the floor!
Yes, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home!
Keep them hard times away from my door

[Verse 2]
Now sister Sue, she's short and stout
She didn't grow up, she grew out
Mamma says she's plain, but she's just being kind
Papa thinks she's pretty, but he's almost blind
Don't let her out much, except at night
But I don't care, cause i'm alright
[Verse 1]
Turpentine, and dandelion wine
I've turned the corner and I'm doing fine
Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line
Pickin' them off with this gun of mine
Got fire in my belly and fire in my head
Goin' higher and higher, until I'm dead

[Outro]
Ba ba-da-da-da
Da da-da-da
Bey da-da
Da-da
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