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| CHORUS: She came from F | ort Worth (but) F | ort Worth couldn't hold | her |
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| Her dreams were b | igger | than the Texas s | ky |
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| She's got a one-w | ay t | icket on the | next bus for Bo | ulder |
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| And it w | on't take l | ong to say goo | dbye |
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| She was w | orkin' at a d | iner j | ust a week | ago |
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| When a | man from Col | orado sm | iled and said he | llo |
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| And he tu | rned her head with st | ories about a c | abin in the t | rees |
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| Where the w | ind can sing you l | ove songs be | neath snow-capped mountain p | eaks |
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| Now she's p | acked her faded je | ans and her fav | orite cowboy bo | ots |
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| Left her a | pron at the d | iner for some | one else to | use |
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| One last l | ook in the mi | rror at the g | irl she used to | be |
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| Then the dr | iver takes her ti | cket and she tr | ies to fall asle | ep |
| repeat chorus |
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| And som | ewhere in the lo | ng dark night the s | now began to f | all |
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| Oh, the w | orld outside was spar | kling white when she h | eard the driver c | all |
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| "Eve | ryone off now for Bo | ulder and h | ave a real nice | day" |
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| He was wa | itin' on the pla | tform and | he raised his hand to wa | ve |
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| And she off | ered no resi | stance as he | took her to his ca | bin |
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| And that d | iner in the dist | ance se | emed just like it never hap | pened. |
| repeat chorus then last two lines of chorus |