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Nutbush City Limits Lyrics
A church house, gin house
A schoolhouse, outhouse
On highway number 19
The people keep the city clean
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
25 was the speed limit
Motorcycle not allowed in it
You go the store on Friday
You go to the church on Sunday
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
You go to the fields on weekdays
And have a picnic on Labor Day
You go to town on Saturday
But go to the church every Sunday
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
No whiskey for sale
You can't cop no bail
Salt, pork, and molasses
Is all you get in jail
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
Little old town in Tennessee
That's called a quiet little old community
A one-house town you have to watch
What you're putting down in old Nutbush
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
A schoolhouse, outhouse
On highway number 19
The people keep the city clean
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
Motorcycle not allowed in it
You go the store on Friday
You go to the church on Sunday
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
And have a picnic on Labor Day
You go to town on Saturday
But go to the church every Sunday
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
You can't cop no bail
Salt, pork, and molasses
Is all you get in jail
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
That's called a quiet little old community
A one-house town you have to watch
What you're putting down in old Nutbush
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush
Call it Nutbush City Limits
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In her book and the movie,when she's recording this Ike rapes her. She has said that it was a bittersweet triumph. She wrote it,she co-produced it and he did that to her,an homage to her hometown.