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Oh, I can still remember |
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When I bought my first guitar |
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Remember walking from the shop |
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To put it proudly in my car |
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And my family listened fifty times |
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To my two song repertoire |
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I told my mom her only son |
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Was gonna be a star |
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Well, I bought all the Beatles records |
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Sounded just like Paul |
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I bought all the old Chuck Berrys |
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78s and all |
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And I sat by my record player |
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Playing every note they played |
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I watched them all on TV |
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And copied every move they made |
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Aw, rock and roll, I gave you all |
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The best years of my life |
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All the dreamy sunny Sundays |
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All the moonlit summer nights |
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I was so busy in the backroom |
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Writing love songs to you |
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While you were changing your direction |
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And you never even knew |
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That I was always just one step behind you |
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Well, '66 seemed like the year |
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I was really going somewhere |
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I was living in San Francisco |
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Wearing flowers in my hair |
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Singing songs of kindness |
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So the world would understand |
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The guys and me thought we were more |
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Than just another band |
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Aw, rock and roll, I gave you all |
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The best years of my life |
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All the crazy, lazy, young days |
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All the magic moon at nights |
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I was so busy on the road |
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Singing love songs to you |
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While you were changing your direction |
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And you never even knew |
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That I was always just one step behind you |
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Well, '71, I was all alone |
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When I met Sarah Jan |
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I was trying to go it solo |
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With someone elses band |
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And she came up to me softly |
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And she took me by the hand |
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She listened to my problems |
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And she seemed to understand |
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And she followed me to London |
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To a hundred hotel rooms |
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Through a hundred record companies |
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Who didn't like my tunes |
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She followed me back to Tennessee |
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Where she finally made me see |
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I'm just a plain old country boy |
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That's all I'll ever be |
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Aw, rock and roll, I gave you |
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All the best years of my life |
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All the dreamy, sunny Sundays |
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All the moonlit summer nights |
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And though I never knew |
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The magic of making it with you |
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I'm getting along with my country songs |
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Doing what I was born to do |
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But I always was just one step behind you |
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Aw, rock and roll, I gave you |
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All the best years of my life |
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All the dreamy sunny Sundays, |
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all the moon-lit summer nights, |
