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I met her down in Tampa Bay |
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Spring break '88 |
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She came in to hear my band play |
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And man we were on that night |
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Twin guitars and 20-minute jams |
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"Tush", "Cocaine", and "Sweet Home Alabam" |
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I knew I had her in the palm of my hand |
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When I stepped in the spotlight |
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Hot-n-heavy in that little alley |
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On a fifteen minute break |
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We shared a cigarette, long kiss |
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Then she stood there by the stage |
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All night by the stage |
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What can I say? |
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She loved me |
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But after five long years of trying to be a star |
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I sold my acts and I quit them bars |
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Got a real job fixing trucks and cars |
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Had a couple new mouths to feed |
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And eventually that monthly wage |
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And the finer points of the suburban age |
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All became bars on a cage |
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And man it was killing me |
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I started cussin' and getting mad at nothin' |
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And blaming her for ruining my life |
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Started sinking, cheating, and a-drinking |
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But she stood there by my side |
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Right there by my side |
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With tears in her eyes |
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And she loved me |
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She loved me |
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Heaven knows the reasons why |
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I'll never know the reasons why |
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She loved me |
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She finally left three years ago |
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Married a man out in New Mexico |
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Calls to say the boys are really growing |
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God, I miss them kids |
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As for me I'm twelve steps down the line |
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I found a church that I like just fine |
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Even got a gig playing these songs of mine |
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They all just reminisce |
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Hot-n-heavy in that little alley |
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On a fifteen minute break |
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We shared a cigarette, long kiss |
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Then she stood there by the stage |
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All night by the stage |
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Man, those were the days |
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When she loved me |
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Yeah she loved me |
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Heaven knows the reasons why |
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I'll never know the reasons why |
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She loved me |
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Yeah she loved me |
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Heaven knows the reasons why |
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I'll never know the reasons why |
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She loved me |