Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I had a girl sweet as peaches, eyes as bright as the 'Bama beaches
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Kissed me goodbye, left me speechless, she don't love me no more
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I can draw from a dry well, I head down the lonesome trail
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Lord I've figured what the hell, 'cause she don't love me no more
[Chorus 1]
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I can get down to Houston, I can get there by dawn
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There's plenty of stuff in that city that gets somethin' good goin' on
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And I wanna keep on comin', but she don't want me around
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'Cause she stole my heart, killed my pride, but she can't put me in the ground
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Naw it can't put me in the ground
[Verse 2]
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Well my best friend since junior high, half as good lookin' and twice as wild
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He and my sweetheart started makin' out, now she don't love me no more
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Naw she don't love me no more
[Chorus 2]
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Well I can get down to Mobile, I can get there by 5:00
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I got just enough money to get on with my life
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Well I wanna keep on comin', but she don't want me around
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'Cause she stole my heart, killed my pride, but she can't put me in the ground
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Honey can't put me in the ground, naw
[Break]
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[Chorus 3]
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Well I can get down to Houston, I can get there by dawn
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I got just enough money to get somethin' good goin' on
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Well but I wanna keep on comin', if she don't want me around
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Yeah she stole my heart, she killed my pride, but she can't put me in the ground
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Well she can't put me in the ground
[Outro]
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Oh she can't put me in the ground, hey hey
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Go on now, I'll see ya in Mobile baby
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Carry my ass down to rodeo
Man, yeah