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Intro 1
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Verse 1
sittin'
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in Knoxville courthouse
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Ain't got a thing to do
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I don't wanna go to the movies
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Couldn't if I wanted to
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'Cause I'm on trial for lovin' you
Verse 2
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Now this all started in a honky tonk
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Just the other side of town
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A girl come in took a stool by me
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Ordered gin and drank it down
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She lit up a cigarette,
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sexily turned around
Verse 3
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said my name is Janie
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And asked me what was mine
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I answered Hank as I walked
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Checked out her short dress,
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low neck line
Verse 4
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Well, we danced for five or ten minutes
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And I held her close to me
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Kissed her lips and squeezed her hips
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And judged about twenty three
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Whispered in my ears, I said,
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"Yes, siree"
Verse 5
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Now the scene is a little motel
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Out on the state highway
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A little love is about to take place
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And a state trooper breaks
down the door
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Shines a flashlight in my face
Verse 6
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I said, "What the hell is this?"
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And another man and woman come in
And the girl I'm with
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Starts cryin' and screamin'
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And she runs over to them
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Said, "Thank God you're here, he
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Tried to hurt me, mama"
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I said, "Now, you don't mean?"
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The cop says, "Son, the girl is seventeen
Verse 7
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So that's why I'm in Knoxville
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courthouse
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And it's ten long years for statutory
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Rape in the state penitentiary
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Lord, I can't believe
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this is happened to me
Verse 8
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So when next time you give
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She gives you that certain smile
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Just remember under that
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May beat the heart of a child
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Don't you let yourself be
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Help a mixed up kid go wild
Verse 9
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This story happened a lot, that's true
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But you better hope and pray
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It never happens to you
Outro 1
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