"In the corner of a hardware store/Gathered 'round a checker board/Old men telling lies and crowning kings"--'Down Home,' Alabama (1991)
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"In the corner of a hardware store/Gathered 'round a checker board/Old men telling lies and crowning kings"--'Down Home,' Alabama (1991)
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Jackieat 10-12-2008
Alabama is the first country music Ive ever heard and me and my daddy used to dance to it when I was a baby:)... Alabama will always bring the best memories back!!!