I had a cousin Russell who lived just down the road
He always had the smell of chimney smoke
We hunted squirrel together and we rode the bus to school
In '56 we was 15 years old
When the family got too big, Russell moved out in the shed
He was really strong once he'd become a man
I never will forget all the good times that we had
back when Russell lived out in the shed
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He'd play the Stella guitar as he sat upon the bed
and me the tater bug the mandolin
We'd listen to the Opry on his daddy's crystal set
back when Russell lived out in the shed
One night me and Jason Hope showed up at the shed
We had a jug of grandpa's home made wine
Flatt and Scruggs on the Opry we had to dance a jig
I don't believe I've had a better time
Now the years wave come and gone since I was a teen
But it feels good to look back now and then
Times were good and times were hard I wouldn't change a thing
back when Russell lived out in the shed
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He'd play the Stella guitar as he sat upon the bed
and me the tater bug the mandolin
We'd listen to the Opry on his daddy's crystal set
back when Russell lived out in the shed
Break
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