Key: Bb
Introduction: A D A D A D A D
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When she met him they was teenagers
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He was no more than seventeen
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She was a little less than all that
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But held the bit between her teeth
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He was tall and strong and lanky
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The fear of Jesus was on her side
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He asked her, if she weren't too busy
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Might come out for a ride
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She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion
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They ran off the great embankment
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They flew through the air so far
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They landed with a mighty crash
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Then got crushed by the falling star.
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She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion
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She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion
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That small crossroads became a city
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She was the belle of every ball
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Boys would line up to try to ring her
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She'd let them line up down her hall
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She ran up a life so lavish
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Somehow those bills would all get paid
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Your Daddy worked and never faltered
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Never forgot the things she said
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She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion
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Times change but I still see her
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disapproval pouring out
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She said I ain't got the gumption to make it
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And you ain't scary enough to turn me around
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But I'm hoping you might be game to ride my dream aground
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We'll ride it until it's dead or makes your mama proud
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She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion
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She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion
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Rises to the occasion