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Bessie was a lovely child from West Tennessee |
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Leroy was an outlaw, hard-eyed and mean |
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One day she saw him starin', and it chilled her to the bone |
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She knew she had to see that look on a child of her own |
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CHORUS |
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'Cause ladies love outlaws |
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Like babies love stray dogs |
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Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold |
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Outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul |
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Linda was a lady, blonde and built to last |
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Billy was a no-good guitar picker runnin' from his past |
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Listenin' to his songs she heard nothin' but bad news |
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Still she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose |
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REPEAT CHORUS |
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Jessi liked the Cadillacs and diamonds on her hands |
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Waymore had a reputation as a lady's man |
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Late one night her light of love finally gave a sign |
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Jessi parked her Cadillac and took her place in line |
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REPEAT CHORUS |