FORTY MILES FROM POPLAR BLUFF
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writers Larry Kingston, Frank Dycus
Copyright 1970
I've never had a pair of shoes that weren't all hand-me-downs
And daddy's morning coffee came from ol' left over ground
My mama wore no jewelry or any store bought stuff
And home was on a hillside forty miles from Poplar Bluff
Forty miles back in Missouri there's a different way of life
Where a man thinks of his neighbor and not his neighbor's wife
Life is far from fancy sometimes mighty rough
But contentment makes it worth it forty miles
The Girl from Ipanema
Well, I'm not the kind to kiss and tell,But I've been seen with Farrah.I'm never seen with anything less than a nine, so fine.
I've been on fire with Sally Field,Gone fast with a girl named Bo,But somehow they did not end up as mine.
It's a death defyin' life I lead,I take my chances.I die for a livin' in the movies and TV.But the hardest thing I ever doIs watch my leadin' ladiesKiss some other guy while I'm bandagin' my knee.
I might fall from a tall building,I might roll a brand new car.'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that made Redford such a star.
I never spend much time in schoolBut I taught ladies plenty.It's true I hire my body out for pay, Hey Hey.
I've gotten burned over Cheryl Tiegs,blown up for Raquel Welch.But when I end up in the hay it's only hay, Hey Hey.
I might jump an open drawbridge,Or Tarzan from a vine.'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine.