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	I knew a girl who was almost a lady

	G	D
had a	way with all the men in her	life

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every	inch of her blossomed in beauty

	G	D
she was	born on the forth of	july

and she lived in an aluminum house trailer

and she worked in a juke-box saloon

and she spent all the money i'd give her

just to see the ol' man in the moon

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I used to	sleep at the foot of old glory

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and	awake in the dawns early	light

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but much	to my surprise when i	opened my eyes

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i was	a victim of the great	compromise

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we used to go out on saturday evening

to the drive in on route fourty one

and it was there that I first discovered

she was doin' what she'd already done

she said 'johny would you get me some popcorn

and she knew i had to walk pretty far

and as soon as i walked through the moonlight

she'd hopped into a foreign sports car

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and you know, i could'a beat up that fella

but it was her that hopped in to his car

as many times as i'd fought to protect her

well this time she'd gone too far

and some folks call me a coward

'cause i left her at the drive in that night

but i'd rather have names thrown at me

than to fight for a thing that aint right

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now she writes all the fellas love letters

sayin' please come and see me real soon

and there's a growin' line up in the bar-room

to spend a night in that sick womans room

and sometimes i get awful lonesome

and i wish she were my girl instead

but she won't let me live with her

she makes me live in my head

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Walt Dabell KD3GS (302)645-4225 walt@diusys.cms.udel.edu

U of Delaware / College of Marine Studies

700 Pilottown Rd. Lewes, DE 19958

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Great Compromise

John Prine

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