Eric Church

[Verse 1: Eric Church]
There's a little dive on a dead-end road
Called the Cross-Eyed Cricket Watering' Hole
Where you can hear the sound of a steel guitar
An' get loud an' rowdy on PBR
But at the top of every hour, man, you can hear a pin drop
As ol' Jack drops a quarter an' plays Merle on that jukebox, an' we stop

[Chorus: Eric Church]
An' tip our hats
An' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
They say country's fading
But we still wavin' that flag around here
An' when it's time to go, you know you're welcome back
Where the people pledge allegiance to the Hag

[Verse 2: Eric Church]
When the weekend comes an' the weather's clear
There's a high spot fifteen miles from here
Where you can always find a few dusty trucks
With the windows down an' the radio up
We sit there poppin' tops, shootin' bull an' singin' songs
But you can bet your boots that when Haggard comes on

[Chorus: Eric Church]
We tip our hats
And raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
They say country's fading
But we still wavin' that flag around here
And when it's time to go, you know you're welcome back
Where the people pledge allegiance to the Hag

[Verse 3: Merle Haggard]
One of these days when my time has come
You can take me back to where I'm from
Put me on a westbound train
An' ship me off in the pouring' rain

[Pre-Chorus: Eric Church]
Don't cry for me when I'm gone
Just put a quarter in the jukebox an' sing me back home

[Verse 4: Eric Church]
An' tip our hats
An' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
They say country's fading'
But just keep waving' that flag around here
An' I know, it'll keep on coming' back
Long as people pledge allegiance
Where folks still pledge allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the Hag

Eric Church is an American country music singer-songwriter from Granite Falls, North Carolina. After graduating from Appalachian State University with a business degree in 2000, Eric became engaged to a Spanish teacher from Lenior, NC whose father attempted to deter his musical aspirations by offering him a corporate career in Denver. After turning down her father’s offer, Church’s ex-fiance broke the engagement, giving Church motivation to move to Nashville and begin focusing solely on his music. Recollections of this turning point in Church’s life are heard throughout his lyrical portfolio (most prominently in “Those I’ve Loved”).

After a period of being overlooked by record labels and producers, Church was eventually signed to Capitol Records in 2006, making his debut with the album, Sinners Like Me. The album produced four singles on the Billboard Country Chart, “How ‘Bout You,” “Two Pink Lines,” “Guys Like Me,” and the album’s title track.

His second album, 2009’s Carolina, produced three more “Smoke a Little Smoke,” “Love Your Love the Most,” and “Hell on the Heart.”

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61 Days In Church Volume 2

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Sinners Like Me (2006)
61 Days In Church Volume 2 (2017)

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