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I would never normally go bowling |
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On a Friday morning in |
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New Orleans |
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But I like to come here to remember |
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The kind of places you took me |
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Like the time we stole a |
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DatsunAnd drove all night to the |
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Everglades |
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Until we crashed it in a big electric storm |
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And stood there listening to the bayou rain |
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The county |
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Sheriff had a hair-lip |
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Louisiana's pride and joy |
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But he said politely as he cuffed me"I never busted an English boy""But I will accept a contributionTo the Opelousas' Charity BallBut you better drive this dirty DatsunInto the Gulf of Mexico" |
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Under a Cajun moon |
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I lay me open |
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There is a spirit here that won't be broken |
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Some words are sad to sing, some leave me tongue-tied(But the hardest thing to tell you ) |
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But the hardest words |
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I know are |
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I love you goodbye |
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I love you goodbye |
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Typhoon Pierre delayed my plane till morning(Jusqu'au matin) |
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Let the bontemps rouler from your accordion(L'accordien) |
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Under a Cajun moon |
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I lay me open(Y a un esprit partout) |
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There is a spirit here that won't be broken(Simple words are sad to sing) |
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Some words are sad to sing(They leave me tongue-tied) |
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Some leave you tongue-tied(But the hardest thing to tell you my friend) |
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But the hardest words |
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I know(Is I love you goodbye) |
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Are I love you goodbye(Je t'aime, au revoir) |
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I love you goodbye(Je t'aime, toujours) |
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I love you, goodbye |
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I love you, |
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I love you, |
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I love you, |
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I love you goodbye |