Intro:
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Verse 1:
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It's not the love and honor, it's that promise to obey that makes me think
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By marrying, we might be doing wrong
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And 'until death do you part' just seems to choke me up to say
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My love's for better or for worse, but not for long
Bridge:
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Because the season soon will start in Hialeah
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Every year, I like to see the horses run
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And if I lose, it's just a short trip to Miami
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Where a beach bum always finds some winter fun
Verse 2:
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I was a-hoping our relationship could stay the way it's been
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And I'd feel guilty if I tried to put you on
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You seem to want more than the understanding we made a-way back when
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For better or for worse, but not for long
Interlude:
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Verse 3:
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Well, if it's any comfort, when I leave, it won't be someone else
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To turn my head and made me leave you far behind
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Your competition is the wanderlust and follow it somehow I must
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You've kept my heart content but not my mind
Bridge:
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Well, you might see me on a newscast from Sun Valley
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I hear the skiing's fine there in July
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Or I might just top the rocks on the next spaceship
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'cause they tell me it's the only way to fly
Verse 4:
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So no matter what the postmark reads, from Tahoe to Tangier
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I'm where it's happening and that's where I belong
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And I really mean the note 'I'm having fun, wish you were here'
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For better or for worse, but not for long
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Well, my love's for better or for worse, but not for long