Key: B
Introduction:
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Sweet Lorraine the fiery haired brown eyed schemer
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Who came from a long line of drinkers and dreamers
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Who knew that sunshine don't hold up to dark
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Whose businesses fail who sleep in the park
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Lo-rraine who spoke of paintings in Paris
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And outlandish things to her family just to scare us
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Whose heart went pokin' where it shouldn't ought
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whose mother could only, spit at the thought
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Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
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Her father would tear out like a page of the Bible
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Then he'd burn down the house to announce his arrival
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Her mother was working and never was home
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Lorraine carved out a little life of her own
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Lorraine started working, Lorraine went to school
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Her mother threw stones at her on the day that she moved
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Well now isn't that a very strange thing to do
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For someone who never really wanted you
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Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
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Her daddy calls her a slut and a whore
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On the night before her wedding day
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The very next morning, at the church
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Her daddy gave, Lorraine away, Lorraine away
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Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
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In the battle of time, in the battle of will
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It's only your hope and your heart that gets killed
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And it's harder and harder Lorraine, to believe in magic
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when what came before you was so very tragic
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Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
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Sweet Lorraine Yeahhhhhhhhhh
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Sweet Lorraine yeahhhhhhhh
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Sweet Lorraine, ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Sweet Lorraine Yeahhhhhhhhhh
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