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I saw you once before |
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saw you when your lips were talkin' |
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you had stopped outside my door |
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I guess I thought your legs were through with walkin' |
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and I felt a smile pull on my mouth |
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and I felt hope for the first time |
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and I knew you in mine |
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so I went so far from home |
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to start a new one with you |
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but he soon began to roam |
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saying 'sugar, its just |
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no one can love a woman like I do' |
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and when people asked 'how can |
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you be wife and man' |
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I told them we were in love |
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and that that was enough |
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but oh my darling we would get along |
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if he would just stay, stay, stay |
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oh my lover, I won't do you wrong |
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if you'd just say you wont be gone |
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'cause when I awake and I don't see your face |
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I try to count my blessings in the time we kissed |
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but all those nights when you're not by my side |
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I tell myself there's got to be something better |
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than this |
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so I soon devised a plan |
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so your cheatin' heart wouldn't stray |
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with the sleeping pills in hand |
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I spiked your whisky and waited |
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for the darkness at the end of the day |
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when you fell into a deep sleep |
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to your bedside I did creep |
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I let my anger out with ropes |
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in knots strong and true |
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and when you woke I sang to you |
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I said, I said, oh my darling |
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I can see you want to leave |
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why don't you try, try, try |
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oh my lover, used to be so easy to flee |
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but you know I am done being the fool you see |
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and these chains that bind |
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will link your heart to mine |
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and you will learn to finish what you did start |
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you can say I'm crazy |
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but you know I did believe |
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when you swore to God in heaven |
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to love me death till us part |
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oh my darling, we ill get along |
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now that you've stayed - you have to stay |
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oh my lover, I won't do you wrong |
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now that I know you can't be gone |
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when you awake and you see my face |
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you'd better count your blessings in the time we kissed |
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and all those nights now that you are by my side |
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you'd better tell me there couldn't be anything better |
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than this |
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I'm not saying that its right |
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but you're here with me tonight |
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and that's where I think a good husband should be |
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darling, don't you agree? |
