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Spoken: |
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I just got finished given the hotel |
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manager back the room key and paid my bill |
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I was outside in the car |
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In the shadows of the parkin' lot |
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Tellin' the woman I was with |
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how happy she made me |
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Kissin' and huggin' |
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An all of a sudden another car |
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pulled up on the parkin' lot |
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But I couldn't believe my eyes |
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'Cause the woman that was sitting |
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in the front seat beside another dude |
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Turned out to be my old lady |
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Sings: |
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Lord, I was checkin' out |
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And she was checkin' in |
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah) |
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(Oh yeah) |
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Oh, let me tell you people |
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I was checkin' out, um-hm |
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An my old lady was checkin' in |
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Oh Lord, have mercy! |
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I was with my other woman |
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And she, she was with her boyfriend |
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She waited outside ya'all, in the car |
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While he went in, yeah |
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To rent the room |
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I wanted to say something to her |
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But there was nothing I could say, yeah |
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'Cause the woman I was with |
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Yes, she was married too! |
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Lord, I was checkin' out |
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And she was checkin' in (checkin' in) |
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Yeah, yeah, yeah |
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Oh, yes she was |
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Ya'all, I saw another man took my old lady |
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(Oh took my baby) |
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Let me tell ya |
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In the Hideaway Motor Inn |
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(Motor Inn) yeah baby um-hm |
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Uum, I was with my other woman |
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(Oh, I was treated wrong, yeah) |
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And she was with her boyfriend |
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She was suppose to be at home |
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Mindin' the kids |
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The both of us had been untrue |
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(Been untrue) |
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Guess I'll have to go on |
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Bein' blind |
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I can't reveal her guilt |
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Without' showin' mine, Lord! |
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I was checkin' out |
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(Checkin out, sho' nuff was) |
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As she was checkin' in |
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
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Hoo hey! umm, let me tell ya |
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What hurt me so bad, ya'all |
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(Hurt me, really hurt me so bad) |
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Really hurt me so bad |
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(It hurt me) |
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The man gave him the same room I had |
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Yes, he did, yeah-yeah |
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The same room I was in (yeah) |
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Umm!, what a terrible blow it was |
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(Such a terrible, terrible, terrible thing it was) |
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FADES- |
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What a terrible thing |
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To do to a man, yeah-yeah |
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She was smilin' |
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And she never smiles! |
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I think my debt has |
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Caught up with me ya'all |
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Lord, have mercy. |
