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He wasn't lookin' for fanfare or fame but it all came around just the same. |
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He then met a girl with desire in her eye, he gave her love, she took his name. |
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The times they were good, the times they were bad, most times it was just in between. |
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The hard pill he swallowed was the times that they had, she put on display for all to be seen. |
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Some find their solace in work or the lord, she was quite content in her dream. |
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When his eyes they burned from the bright lime light, he found comfort in the bottle of |
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Ol' Jimmy |
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Beam. One day from the depths of his deep darkened hole, he reached out for something to feel. |
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She offered back nothin' but lack of respect so he left himself out with two barrels of steel. |
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She cried in the day, she cried in the night. |
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She cried loudest when someone was near. |
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Whether crying for him or she cried for herself, the bigger the camera, the bigger the tear. |
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Most folks agree that she was living a hell and publicly she showed her pain. |
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And never once was there a thought for herself, and the ever-growing slices of fortune and fame. |
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Now on the coattails of a dead man she'll ride on the coattails of a dead man she'll ride. |
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On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride, on the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride high. |