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Artist: T-Bone Burnett
Canonical path: /burnett-t-bone/fear-country
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Fear Country
Read Fear Country lyrics by T-Bone Burnett on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Fear Country
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The cat's out of the bag and it ain't going back
Your plan has hit a snag it has fallen through the crack
I got a tell on you
I got a tell on you
This is fear country
This is fear country
This is a fear country
Five years of mercy and two days of grace
It only took a minute to fall on your face
I got a tell on you
I got a tell on you
This is fear country
This is fear country
This is a fear country
Cowboy with no cattle warrior with no war
They don't make imposters like John Wayne anymore
This is fear country
This is fear country
This is fear country
Nobody knows what's going to happen
Nobody knows what's going on
Nobody knows what's coming down
But it's coming down
And it happens in a moment
It happens in a moment
Do this for me
Or risk eternal agony
This is fear country
This is fear country
And if you don't believe me I can prove it
This is fear country
This is fear country
If you don't believe me I can prove it
This is fear country
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T-Bone Burnett performs "Fear Country", and this lyric page sits inside the T-Bone Burnett catalog on LyroVerse.
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