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You say you can't remember this man she can't forget |
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You say that it's been too damn long time to bury the hatchet |
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And if it made a difference well you would say you're sorry |
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It really makes you wonder why you should even bother |
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There's a mirror in the house at the edge of town |
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There's a crack in the mirror |
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All fall down |
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She was just a baby (seems so long ago) |
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Left a little crazy (seems so long ago) |
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Sleepy little southern state (seems so long ago) |
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Never heard of segregate |
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Never heard of segregate |
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Never heard of segregate |
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He was just a hired hand (no one's left to blame) |
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Daddy was a working man (it's a dirty shame) |
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Work took Daddy far from home (no one's left to blame) |
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Better hide the evidence (of a dirty little game) |
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There's a mirror in the house at the edge of town |
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There's a crack in the mirror |
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All fall down |
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No one in that big, old house heard the baby cry |
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Hide your guilt in ignorance so no one has to lie |
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No one in her daddy's house heard her make a sound (now there's) |
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Blood on everybody's hands |
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Blood on everybody's hands |
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Blood on everybody's hands |
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(Gonna come around again) |
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He was just a hired hand (no one's left to blame) |
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Daddy kept him on again (it's a dirty shame) |
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For ten long years he watched her grow |
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For ten long years he watched her |
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Nobody would ever know the places that he touched her |
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There's a mirror in the house at the edge of town |
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There's a crack in the mirror |
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There's a mirror in the house at the edge of town |
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There's a crack in the mirror |
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All fall down |
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Now you say don't remember this man she can't forget |
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You say that your life must go on time to bury the hatchet |
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And if she was so damned afraid you're sure you would remember |
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Children will exaggerate |
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Children will exaggerate |
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Children will exaggerate |
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Children will exaggerate |
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There's a mirror in the house at the edge of town |
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There's a crack in the mirror |
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There's a mirror in the house at the edge of town |
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There's a crack in the mirror |
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There's a mirror in the house at the edge of town |
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There's a crack in the mirror |
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All fall down |
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No one can find me |
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No one will find me now |
