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Verse 1
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I knew a girl who was almost a lady
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She had a way with all the men in her life
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Every inch of her blossomed in beauty
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And she was born on the fourth of July
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Verse 2
an aluminum house trailer
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And she worked in a juke box saloon
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And she spent all
the money that I give her
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C
Just to see the old man in the moon
Verse 3
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I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
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And awake in the dawn's early light
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But much to my surprise when
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I was a victim of the great compromise
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Verse 4
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on Saturday evenings
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To the drive-in on on Route 41
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And it was there that I first
suspected
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That she was doin' what she'd
already done
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Verse 5
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She said, "Johnny won't
you get me some popcorn"
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And she knew I had to walk pretty far
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And as soon as I passed
through the moonlight
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She hopped into a foreign sports car
Verse 6
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I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
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And awake in the dawn's early light
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But much to my surprise when
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I was a victim of the great compromise
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Verse 7
Well you know
I could have beat up that fellow
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But it was her that had hopped
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Many times I'd fought to protect her
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But this time she was goin'
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too far
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Verse 8
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Now some folks they call
me a coward
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'Cause I left her at the
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drive-in that that night
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But I'd rather have names
thrown at me
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C
Than to fight for a thing that ain't right
Verse 9
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I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
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G
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And awake in the dawn's early light
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But much to my surprise
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I was a victim of the great compromise
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Verse 10
Now she writes all
the fellows love letters
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come and see me real soon"
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And they go and line up in the barroom
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And spend the night in that sick
Verse 11
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But sometimes I get awful lonesome
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And I wish she was my girl instead
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But she won't let me live with her
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And she makes me live in my head
Verse 12
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I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
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And awake in the dawn's early light
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But much to my surprise
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I was a victim of the great compromise
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