Sometimes I think what turned her on was my old worn out boots;
She wanted her a real cowboy, it was a phase she was goin' through.
Not one week after she moved in I caught her paintin' the bedroom blue;
Brought home a bottle of Pink Chablis, poured out my best home brew.
I was sittin' on the porch in my overhauls as she packed her things to
leave;
F Bb
She changed her mind when she couldn't change me!
She changed direction, headed out west;
She changed her tune to some hip-hop mess;
Her dark brown hair went to blonde and her pretty blue eyes went
She changed everything when she couldn't change me.
She was sittin' beside the ocean, lookin' out at the waves;
Watchin' how they keep on rollin', but always seem the same.
She called and said she'd been thinkin' about all those quiet country
nights;
And what-ever she thought was so wrong with me, suddenly seemed alright.
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I was sittin' on the porch in my overhauls when her truck pulled into
She said, "I changed my mind when I couldn't change you" .
She changed dirrection, headed back home;
She changed her tune, it's all Haggard and Jones;
Had her dark brown hair pulled back and the bluest eyes you ever
She changed her mind when she couldn't me!
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She changed dirrection, she's back in my arms;
She thought it through, but had a change of heart;
She said, "I guess when you love someone, you just gotta' let it
F Bb
She changed it all when she couldn't change me
She couldn't change me!