Key: D
Introduction:
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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