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Would you believe this blacktop highwayUsed to be a one-lane gravel road?Back when Johnny Cash was just somebodyDaddy went to school with years agoWhen the cottonwoods reached to the skyAn' honeysuckle vine grew all aroundMy eyes well up with memoriesEvery time I think about this little ol' town'Cause I know there's bigger citiesFull of all the sights and soundsWhere people live in fear an' lock their doorsLong before the sun goes downThe drive-in picture show's been closed for yearsNo superstores or midi-mallsBut everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, ArkansasI used to laugh at all the storiesDaddy'd tell me 'bout the mischief he'd get inDream of penny-candy an' nickel soda-popsLord, what a dollar'd buy back thenWhen livin' life was picture perfectLike a Norman Rockwell paintin' of the SouthLord, I'd give almost anythingTo hear my Daddy tell the stories nowLetras de cancionesHe'd say, "I know there's bigger citiesFull of all the sights and soundsWhere people live in fear an' lock their doorsLong before the sun goes downThe drive-in picture show's been closed for yearsNo superstores or midi-mallsStill, everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, Arkansas"Yes, I know there's bigger citiesBut there ain't no better townFolks here don't live in fear an' lock their doorsLong before the sun goes downThe population sign ain't changed in yearsI guess it's destined to be smallBut everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, ArkansasYeah, everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, Arkansas From Letras Mania