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BRANSON WRITER: RANDY PLUMMER/BMI PUBLISHER: YET TO COME PUBLISHING/BMI ADM. BY GAITHER COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT D.O.C.4 /7/1986 VERSE 1 THERE'S A PLACE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T GET IN A HURRY BUT IT'S A SPOT WHERE YOU FEEL YOU'RE DRAWN AND YOU'RE OZARK MOUNTAIN COUNTRY GONE TO... CHORUS BRANSON, BRANSON IT'S GOT ALOT OF CLASS AND THEN SOME FOLKS COME HERE FROM FAR AND NEAR TO BRANSON, BRANSON VERSE 2 THERE'S SILVER DOLLAR CITY AND SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS AND TABLEROCK DAM TO SEE AS WELL WITH THE BALDKNOBBERS AND THE PRESLEYS THEY BUILT OUR OZARK HERITAGE WITH THE PLUMMER FAMILY AND THE FOGGY RIVER BOYS THESE WERE THE FIRST FOUR ORIGIONAL SHOWS AND MUTTON HOLLOW WAS THERE TO SEE THESE STARTED THE TOURIST INDUSTRY CHORUS VERSE 3 THERE'S LOT'S OF SHOWS FOR YOU TO SEE WITH LOTS OF MUSIC AND HARMONY FUNNY GUYS IN OZARK DRESS TAKE THEIR PLACES AMONG THE BEST THERE'S HOTELS, MOTELS AND SWIMMING POOLS AND WHITE WATER TO KEEP YOU COOL SO, COME ON OVER YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSIN' WITH OZARK MOUNTAIN COUNTRY LIVIN' IN... CHORUS VERSE 4 THERE'S RESTAURANTS ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH EVERYTHING FROM GRITS TO STEAK VARIETY'S THE WORD WE USE WHEN YOU GET OZARK MOUNTAIN FOOD THERE'S BIG CHAIN NAMES THAT'LL SURELY DO AND THERE'S MA & PA OWNED RESTAURANTS TOO THEY'LL PILE THE FOOD UPON YOUR PLATE AND AN ADDED INCH UPON YOUR WAIST IN... CHORUS VERSE 5 WHILE YOU'RE HERE YOU GOTTA RIDE THE DUCKS THOSE LAND AND WATER FLOATIN' TRUCKS GO SEE RALPH FOSTER MUSEUM TOO WHERE OZARK HEIRLOOMS FILL EVERY ROOM IT'S ON THE COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS CAMPUS WHERE THERE'S THE CAR FROM BEVERLY HILLS CLAMPETTS IN THERE YOU COULD TAKE ALL DAY TO SEE AND LEARN ABOUT OZARK HISTORY AND... CHORUS VERSE 6 DON'T LEAVE BRANSON WITHOUT GOING DOWNTOWN JUST PARK YOUR CAR THERE AND LOOK AROUND MAIN AND COMMERCIAL STREETS LOADED WITH STORES AND THE SHACK AND DICK'S 5 & DIME YOU'LL ADORE THE FARMHOUSE, MR. B'S, BRANSON CAFE AND THE FUDGE SHOP GO BACK TO EARLY DAYS BE SURE TO GO BY LAKE TANEYCOMO WHERE THE PIRATE CRUISE AND THE LAKE QUEEN'S FLOATIN' IN... CHORUS VERSE 7 AT SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS IT WAS HAROLD BELL WRIGHT WHO WROTE OF SAMMY LANE AND BALDKNOBBER FIGHTS GO THROUGH OLD MATT'S CABIN BY DAY AND AT NIGHT SEE THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS PLAY TAKE THE JEEP RIDE UP INSPIRATION POINT WHERE STATUES FROM HAROLD BELL WRIGHTS BOOK JOIN RIDE THE ELEVATOR UP INSPIRATION TOWER YOU CAN STAY UP THERE AND LOOK FOR HOURS AT... CHORUS VERSE 8 SILVER DOLLAR CITY'S BEEN HERE FOR YEARS IT DON'T GET NO BETTER THAN IT DOES OUT THERE THERE'S THE WILDERNESS CHURCH AND THE HOMESTEAD CABIN WHERE THE MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE A PIECE OF HEAVEN THEY'RE LOADED WITH CRAFTS FOLK ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THE SALOON SHOW WILL PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE RIDE THE SILVER DOLLAR TRAIN AS IT GOES AROUND AND SHOWS THE OZARK SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF... CHORUS VERSE 9 OZARK MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS IS SOMETHING TO SEE WITH MILLIONS OF LIGHTS ON HUNDREDS OF TREES THERE'S DECORATIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE DONE WITH TRUE OZARK MOUNTAIN COUNTRY TASTE THERE'S DRIVE THRU EXHIBITS AND WALK THRUS TOO PUT THIS ON YOUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO SEE THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS AS YOU DRIVE YOUR CAR DOWN 76 COUNTRY BOULEVARD AT... CHORUS VERSE 10 IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO BRANSON TOWN I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME ON DOWN AND TO YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLEASE COME ON BACK AND SEE US AGAIN AT... CHORUS (c) 2004 Randy Plummer Yet To Come Publishing P.O. Box 1431 Hollister, MO 65673 YETTOCOMEPUB@AOL.COM 417-335-4632 |