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I'll write your name |
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Across the sky |
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And take away the stars |
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Cos you light up the night |
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You as high as the moon |
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When you're here with me |
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That's why im gonna write your name |
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For the world to see |
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Another old name on the porch with the bottle |
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Wind blows and the old rocking chair wobbles |
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Hes just the waving, everybody's welcome |
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All he can say about the youth is lord help 'em |
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Got a couple grand babies, but they never call though |
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?left? in the south and they moved to Chicago |
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Wifes in heaven and, hes saying ever since |
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Vietnam lifes been hard as a veteran |
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Simple life, ?shifting? six pack, yeah ice cold |
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Across the georgia line for a ticket for the lotto |
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Probably never see his name in the headlines |
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But if I had a plane, I'd put it in the sky |
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Alabama |
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I'll write your name |
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Across the sky |
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And take away the stars |
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Cos you light up the night |
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You as high as the moon |
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When you're here with me |
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That's why im gonna write your name |
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For the world to see |
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She's in love, yeah, Friends call her crazy |
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Met him at a party, they started dating |
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Daddy's little angel, Momma's little lady |
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Only 16 now Brenda's got a baby |
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She can't afford to, drop out of high school |
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Jimmy's not a man and he can't provide you |
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He doesn't want to, but you keep it anyhow |
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Nine months down the road, what you gonna do now |
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Go to the food stamp, ? |
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You can find a job, it'll help you get by |
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And you made it when you didn't know how |
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Now that's a real star put her name in the clouds |
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Alabama |
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I'll write your name |
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Across the sky |
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And take away the stars |
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Cos you light up the night |
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You as high as the moon |
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When you're here with me |
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That's why im gonna write your name |
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For the world to see |
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You may never be on television or be the one |
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Your boss at work loves giving you employee of the month |
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May never be the first dream on a champion team |
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You may be the star the world just hasn't seen |
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But that don't make you any less of a star to God |
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Being rich is only realising it's all a facade |
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You're richer than you think in that old small town |
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Cos people like you make the world go round |
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Alabama |
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I'll write your name |
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Across the sky |
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And take away the stars |
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Cos you light up the night |
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You as high as the moon |
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When you're here with me |
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That's why im gonna write your name |
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For the world to see |
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I'll write your name |
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Across the sky |
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And take away the stars |
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Cos you light up the night |
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You as high as the moon |
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When you're here with me |
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That's why im gonna write your name |
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For the world to see |
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