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1, 2, 3, 4 |
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The last time I saw her, she was waving me goodbye |
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She swore no other boy would take my place |
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I took a Mississippi Queen through New Orleans and down the Bayou |
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I hoped to find my destiny, my fortune and my face. |
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Please tell her that I said hello |
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Explain to her I didn't want to go |
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But a message from her daddy said : 'He's gonna see me dead' |
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And if I can get out now, she'll never know |
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She'll never know, never know. |
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I stayed around, I played around with all those Southern belles |
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But they took away my money and my pride |
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I had no place to go and the rest you know darn well |
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Living out the gutter ain't so easy to describe. |
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But I still had my guitar, so I joined a dirty band |
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Working in a smoky downtown bar |
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When comes along this big wheel with a contract in his hand |
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Said : 'Put your mark along here boy, I'm gonna make you a rock'n'roll star'. |
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Please tell her that I said hello |
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Explain to her I didn't want to go |
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But a message from her daddy said : 'He's gonna see me dead' |
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And if I can get out now, she'll never know |
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Never know, never know. |
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Well the years have come and gone and I was passing through to find |
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That my home town was still the same to see |
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Well, the memory I had of her had crumbled from my mind |
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I really didn't think she'd still be waiting here for me. |
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Please tell her that I said hello |
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Explain to her I didn't want to go |
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But a message from her daddy said : 'He's gonna see me dead' |
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And if I can get out now, she'll never know |
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She'll never know, never know. |
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Mmm ... |
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If I can get out now, she'll never know |
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Never know, never know |
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Never know, never know |
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Never know. |
