Intro
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Oh, Lou- I'd like to let you know that I do not feel welcome.
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All the birds, the trees, the falling snow
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No they were not made for me.
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And all this is where her heart resides; we met in California
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She saw cities, promise reaching through my eyes
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And she turned her self away
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Well how I curse that western skyline.
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And yet I thanked it for my start.
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Oh Lou, though my dreams did not come true; no they only came apart.
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So I followed her here to Birmingham, where the soil is so much richer
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And though my aching pride might guide my hand, she did not ask for me to come.
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So I wait for her all through the day, as if I wait for her surrender.
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And every time I get her to look my way, she says I'm not where I belong.
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But I watch her father preach on Sundays.
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I know the hymnals all by heart.
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But oh, Lou, no my dreams did not come true; no they only came apart.
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Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
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Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
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Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
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Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
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All the snow fall this time of year, it's not what Birmingham is used to
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I get the feeling that I brought it here, and now I'm taking it away.
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But let's share one more drink together, before I go reload my car
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Oh, Lou, no my dreams did not come true- no they only came apart.
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Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Take me home,
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Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
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Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
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Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh