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Taneytown
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Taneytown was released on September 26, 1997 by Warner Records as a part of the album El Corazón
September 26, 1997
LabelWarner Records
LanguageEnglish
BPM72
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I went down to Taneytown
I went down to Taneytown
To see what I could see
[Verse 2]
My mama told me, "Never go"
I'm damn near twenty-two years old
Sometimes I fear this holler swallow me
She ran off to Gettysburg
Went off with that new beau of hers
I snuck off after dark
It's a long way down the county road
Stars were bright, and the moon was low
Down to where the black top highway starts
[Verse 3]
I went down to Taneytown
I went down to Taneytown
Yeah, I went down to see what I could see
[Verse 4]
Now everybody stared at me
You'd think that they ain't never seen
A colored  boy before
Well, they chunked at me and called me names
They'd have whooped me sure but the sheriff came
I slipped off through the dry goods store
And I ran down Division Street
Some of them boys followed me
Down to the railroad track
Well, there's four of them and I can't fight
But I had my old randall knife
I cut that boy and I never did look back
[Verse 5]
I went down to Taneytown
I went down to Taneytown
I went down to see what I could see
[Verse 6]
Across the fields and woods I run
Like a bullet from a rabid gun
Back home to my bed
And ma come in from Gettysburg
Carrying that new beau of hers
"Boy, you look like hell," she said
A month went by without a word
Somebody down the holler heard
About that boy they hung
He begged those men to spare his life
But I dropped my bloody randall knife
He picked it up so they thought he was the one
[Verse 7]
Yeah, I went down to Taneytown
I went down to Taneytown
I ain't going back here anymore
Written by: Steve Earle
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