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    (13) THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS -2- AND THE GREEN THINGS GREW AS GREEN THINGS WILL YOU COULD HEAR THE GRASS GROW - IF YOU STOOD REAL STILL AND THE HONEY BEES WOULD BUZZ YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE IT BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS THERE ONCE WAS A TOWN WHERE I GREW TO BE A GIRL AND WHEN I GREW I GREW JUST AS STRAIGHT AS I COULD STAND AND THE GREEN THINGS GREW OVER GOOD LAND THEY CALLED MY NAME AND THE PETALS TOUCHED MY HAND. AND THE HONEY BEES WOULD BUZZ. YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE IT BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS. THERE ONCE WAS A TOWN AND THE ONE I'M THINKING OF A GIRL COULD FIND A MAN . AND A GIRL COULD LOVE AND A GIRL COULD LOVE A BOY AND A BOY COULD HAVE A DOG THERE WEREN'T ANY SUBWAYS AND THERE WASN'T ANY SMOG. GOLDIE: And then there was my Dad. He was named after my great, great, great granddaddy, Edward Rutledge Hawn, who was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. He just happens to be here with us tonight. Ladies and Gentlemen, my Dad, Rutledge Hawn. RUT: Goldie, you look beautiful tonight. (To audience) Don't you think we look alike? GOLDIE: Hey Daddy, how would you like to fiddle around a little.