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INTRO
Verse 1
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It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen,
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I bought a coke and some gasoline,
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And I drove out to the county fair.
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When I saw her for the first time
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She was standing there in the ticket line,
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And it all started right then and there.
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Ohh a sailor sky made a perfect sunset,
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And that's a day I'll never forget.
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I had a bbq stain on my white t-shirt,
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She was killing me in that mini skirt.
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Skipping rocks on the river by the railroad tracks.
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She had a suntan line and red lipstick,
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I worked so hard for that first kiss,
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And a heart don't forget something like that.
Verse 2
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It was five years later on a southbound plane,
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I was headed down to New Orleans.
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To meet some friends of mine for Mardi Gras.
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When I heard a voice from the past,
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Coming from a few rows back,
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And when I looked I couldn't believe just what I saw.
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She said "I bet you don't remember me."
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And I said "Only every other memory".
*REPEAT CHORUS *
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INSTRUMENTAL
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Like an old photograph time can make a feeling fade,
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But the memory of the first love never fades away.
*REPEAT CHORUS *