well in North Carolina way back in the hills

lived my ol' pappy and he had him a still

he brewed white lightning till the sun went down

then he'd fill him a jug and he'd pass it around

mighty mighty pleasing pappy's corn squezing 

shhhhhhh "WHITE LIGHTNING"



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well the g-men t-men revenures to

searchin' for the place were he made his brew

they were lookin' tryn' to book him

ooooo "WHITE LIGHTNING"



i asked my ol' pappy why he called his brew

white lightning stead' of mountain dew

i took one sip and right away i knew as

my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue

lightning started flashin' thunder started crashing

oooooooo "WHITE LIGHTNING"

          

           chours



well the g-men t-men revanures too searching

for the place were he made his brew

they were lookin' tryn' too book him

ooooooo "WHITE LIGHTNING"



well a city slicker came and he said

im tough i think i wanna taste that

powerfull stuff he took one swift slug

and he drank it right down and i 

heard him moaning as he hit the ground

mighty mighty pleasin'your pappys corn squezin'

ooooooo "WHITE LIGHTNING"



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well the g-men t-men revanuers too

searchin' for the place were he made his brew

they were lookin' tryin' to book him but my

pappy kept a cookin' ooooooo "WHITE LIGHTNING"