{"id":1008,"date":"2017-12-07T02:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2017-12-07T02:05:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T07:05:28","slug":"fire-at-the-opry-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1008","title":{"rendered":"Fire at the Opry (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love a tall cowboy who&#8217;s lovin&#8217; his saddle.<br \/>\nMy horse n&#8217; my beer n&#8217; my hungry guitar.<br \/>\nMy yard is a mess n&#8217; my dog looks like heaven.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think my poor neck will stretch very far.<br \/>\nLook away. Look away, muddy water.<br \/>\nThe elastic prairie has snapped in my back<br \/>\nn&#8217; the dirt is all risin&#8217; in buckets.<br \/>\nI run from a crime that I can&#8217;t even see<br \/>\nn&#8217; my stomach is filled with gold nuggets.<br \/>\nLook away. 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