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I've been chasing after Josie since the day I could run |
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Even though I didn't know it at the time |
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And I followed her from Texas 'til she found me undone |
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Just a jump ahead of what I left behind |
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She was proud of her young body as a body could be |
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On her way to be a woman of the world |
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And I still can see her smiling as she gave it to me |
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Lookin' like a lonesome little girl |
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Josie, is it true that you've grown harder than your years |
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Sellin' them your sadness on the street |
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How much did you lose between the laughter and the tears? |
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Gettin' back the bitter for the sweet |
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Well, she loved me back to livin' at a time I was lost |
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With the closest thing to love I've ever known |
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And she led me through some bridges I was burnin' to cross |
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Then she went and burned some bridges of her own |
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Now the road's a little colder every time that I leave |
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For another empty place I've never been |
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And I don't suppose it's likely that she's lookin' for me |
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But someday I may just chase her down again |
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Josie, is it true that you've grown harder than your years |
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Sellin' them your sadness on the street |
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How much did you lose between the laughter and the tears |
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Gettin' back the bitter for the sweet |