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I recall once upon a time |
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Livin' was so easy and I felt so fine |
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But, my, my, my |
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Right before my very eyes |
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Satan came with fire to burn me |
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Wouldn't listen when they warned me |
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A dagger in my back |
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While she's calling me honey wouldn't stand back |
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For neither love nor money |
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Thirty minutes after my ship set sail |
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She put up a sign and my house began to wail |
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But, why, why, why |
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I couldn't see it in my little girl's eyes? |
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She had such a way to fool me |
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Lord, she had a way to fool me |
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And I would ask the woman |
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"Can you find it in yourself to please stand back? |
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You ain't gonna rule me" |
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Just when all began to fade |
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I reached out, threw the Ace of Spades |
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I put her on a train to the Everglades |
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Now that it's all over and gone |
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Somehow I just don't feel so alone |
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But, lie, lie, lie |
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It seemed like such a waste of time |
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She did not ever seem to know me |
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But, now it's much too late to show me |
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But, if I ever see that woman |
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Walkin' down the street I'll just stand back |
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And try to move away slowly, oh yeah |