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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 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 while she's calling me honey, |
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Wouldn't stand back, 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 i couldn't see it in my little girl's eyes? |
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She had such a way to fool me, lord she had a way to fool me. |
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And i would ask the woman, "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 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 walkin down the street i'll just stand back, |
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And try to move away slowly. |
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Oh, yeah. |