Intro
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Verse 1:
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Once upon a time ago
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Way up in the land of sleet and snow
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How this fairytale would go, I could not have known
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I had searched around this world so mean
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From Livingston to Palestine
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Trying to pursue my dream of love
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Well, it was then I met this girl so fine
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She made me think so fast, I left my thoughts behind
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And I tried to pass for a sophisticated Northern man
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I said, 'Why yes, my dear, I know exactly what you mean
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Because there's not so much I haven't done or seen
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And may I say your eyes are the loveliest shade of jade'
Verse 2:
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Well, it was then I knew I had made my first mistake
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She did not even start to wait
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And as she turned around to walk away
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This is what she had to say
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She told me, 'Man, I come from way down South
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I've got a picket fence with a picket house
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And I don't need no fast-talking Northern man like you around'
Verse 3:
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Honey, I don't know just what you heard
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But Alabama is my favorite word
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And Birmingham is a long way from here
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Well, I could see her light begin to shine
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She turned back around, her eyes met mine
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And suddenly the whole world became a a better place
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Even if it was only for an instant
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Because it was then I knew I had made my second mistake
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She told me, 'Man, that was a real good try
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But Alabama's not where I reside
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I come from where the river is wide and the crawfish hide'
Verse 4:
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Honey, I don't know just what you heard
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But Louisiana is my favorite word
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And New Orleans is a long way from here
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Well, she just looked at me and she shook her head
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'Your lines are pretty sad,' she said
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'You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man
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If this is doing the best you can'
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It was then I knew I had made my third mistake
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Yes, three strikes right across the plate
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And as I hollered, 'Honey, please wait!'
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She was gone
Verse 5:
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Honey, I don't know just what you heard
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'Bartender, set 'em up' are my favorite words
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Because the love I need is a long way from here
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Oh, the love I need is a long way from here
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Yes, well, there I sat so all alone
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Like a king who sits upon his throne
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And whose kingdom may have just gone home with a nother kingdom
Verse 6:
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So, as you can imagine, much to my surprise
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When the door was flung back open wide
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It was a miracle, she walked inside
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And pulled her chair up next to me
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And that's when she knew
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She had made her first mistake