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Last December I met a girl, she took a likin’ to me
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Said she loved me, but she didn’t know the meanin’ of the word
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She imagined love to be grand, me holdin’ her hand and
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Wisperin’ sweet things and, cooin’ softly like a songbird
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Then one mornin’ she came to me, with a tear in her eye and a
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Sigh on her breath Lord she said, "Hon, I’m heavy with child"
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I said "God damn girl can’t you see, that I’m breakin’ my back
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Just tryin’ to keep my head above water, and it’s turnin’ me wild
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Cinderella can’t you see, don’t want your company
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You better leave this mornin’ leave today,
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take your love and your child away
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no;
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no;
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no
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Woh, woh, woh...etc. Woh, woh, woh, no
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Rockin’ chair on the front porch, and I’m thinkin’ about all the
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things that I did as a young man, now that I’m old
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I remember her and the boy, did he have all the toys and the joys
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That a young man should have, before he gets too old
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Cinderella couldn’t you see, I didn’t want your company
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Shoulda left that mornin, left that day, took your love and your child...
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away
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