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Well, she was standing by the highway |
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In her boots and silver spurs |
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Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon |
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When a Cadillac stopped for her |
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And she said, "Hey, nice to meet youAre you goin' my way?" |
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Yeah, that's when it happened |
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The world caught fire that day |
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And she went down swingin' |
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Yeah, she went down swingin' |
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Well, she was over twenty-one |
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In trouble with the law |
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And it didn't faze her none |
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She called her mother-in-law |
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And said, "I need a little moneyI knew I could count on you" |
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After that night in |
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VegasAnd the hell that we went through |
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We went down swingin' |
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Like Benny |
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GoodmanYeah, we went down swingin' |
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Yes we did |
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Moonlight on the interstate |
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She was 'cross the |
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Georgia line |
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Looked out the window feeling great |
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Yeah, it had to come in time |
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And she said, "I'm never goin' back" |
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She said, "At last I'm free" |
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I wish ma could see me now |
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She'd be so proud of me |
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Yeah, she went down swingin' |
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Like Glenn |
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MillerYeah, she went down swingin' |
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Like Tommy |
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DorseyYeah, she went down swingin' |
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Like Sammy |
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DavisShe went down swingin' |
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Like Sonny |
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Liston |
