Five Generations of Rock County Wilsons

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John Scott Sherrill

John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. His brother, Donn Sherrill, was a Vanderbilt student. He introduced John Scott to his fraternity brother, Scott Siman who recorded demos of his music. He pitched the music to Bob Beckham at Combine Music, and Beckham signed him to a worldwide publishing deal. He has written songs for such artists as John Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffett (Steamer), Johnny Lee, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, Waylon Jennings, Alison Krauss, Peter Wolf, Mick Jagger, Michael McDonald and Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. He is the son of Christian writers John and Elizabeth Sherrill. In the 1980s, Sherrill recorded with Bob DiPiero and Dennis R… more »

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It seemed like overnight the town of Red River
Was suddenly full of strange men
Who wore suits in the Summer and stood on the dirt roads
Trying to hold their maps in the wind
And some of them smiled and some of them didn't
None of them came back again
After five generations of Rock Country Wilsons and
The last fifty acres apparently didn't mean a damn thing to them

And I stood on the hill overlooking Red River
Where my mama and her mama lay
And I listened to the growling of the big diesel cats
As they tore up the woods where I played
And I said, "mama forgive me, but I'm almost glad that you're not here today"
After five generations of Rock County Wilsons
To see the last fifty acres in the hands of somebody
Who would actually blow it away

Ooh
Ooh

You know the bus station in the town of Red River
Used to be the general store
And now they've got a new one and you know that's okay
If a bus is what you're looking for
So early one morning when the sun got red
I got up with the dawn
And after five generations of Rock County Wilsons
The last one just climbed on a big ole gray dog
And was gone

Ooh
Ooh

Five generations
Rock County Wilsons
Ooh

Five generations
Rock County Wilsons

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