Dyess Arkansas Lyrics - Times Like These - Buddy Jewell

Would you believe this blacktop highway 

Used to be a one-lane gravel road? 

Back when Johnny Cash was just somebody 

Daddy went to school with years ago 

When the cottonwoods reached to the sky 

An' honeysuckle vine grew all around 

My eyes well up with memories 

Every time I think about this little ol' town 

'Cause I know there's bigger cities 

Full of all the sights and sounds 

Where people live in fear an' lock their doors 

Long before the sun goes down 

The drive-in picture show's been closed for years 

No superstores or midi-malls 

But everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, Arkansas 

I used to laugh at all the stories 

Daddy'd tell me 'bout the mischief he'd get in 

Dream of penny-candy an' nickel soda-pops 

Lord, what a dollar'd buy back then 

When livin' life was picture perfect 

Like a Norman Rockwell paintin' of the South 

Lord, I'd give almost anything 

To hear my Daddy tell the stories now 

He'd say, "I know there's bigger cities 

Full of all the sights and sounds 

Where people live in fear an' lock their doors 

Long before the sun goes down 

The drive-in picture show's been closed for years 

No superstores or midi-malls 

Still, everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, Arkansas"