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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