Intro
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[Verse 1]
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You find pretty girls East and West
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But the girls here in Texas are the best
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With my hand on my heart, I could set you a challenge
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You won’t find a girl like my Alice from Dallas
[Verse 2]
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The girls North and South of here’s fine
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But there’s only one girl on my mind
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Her lips are like blooms and they never speak malice
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How I love my Alice from Dallas
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[Verse 3]
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I once loved a girl from the mountains
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And I rushed like the flow of a fountain
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She was sweet as a rose but as the old story goes
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My heart would set sail when that train whistle’d blow
[Verse 4]
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So I told her it wouldn’t work out
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And she cried and she screamed and she shouted
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She sure was a find but my golden chalice
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Lay here in Alice from Dallas
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[Verse 5]
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My Alice she’s pure and she’s true
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She does more than a woman should do
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She takes off my boots when I’m feeling unbalanced
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How I love my Alice from Dallas
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She still holds my hand though these old hands are calloused
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How I love my Alice from Dallas
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