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She gave me my walking papers
and ran off with someone new
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Cuz he bought her things
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my wages couldn't buy
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So i turned to ups and downers
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and everything between
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Still i can't get her good lovin' off my mind
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Well today I bought a Cadillac
the kind she's always wanted
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I called and asked her
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if she'd like to ride
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She said this is our last date
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I said that's alright with me
cause tonight I'm driving her out of my mind
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Yeah I'll take her on a scenic cruise
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right off of Lookout Mountain
Cause she said I never took her out
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when she was mine
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She'll see all seven states
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as we drive to the pearly gates
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tonight when I drive her out of my mind
All the papers will read "Lovers leap
again off Lookout Mountain"
Cause i wrote a note
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that called it suicide
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But my epitaph will say
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"he killed his pain yesterday
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when he finally drove that woman off his mind
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Well now here she comes to greet me
dressed to kill and so am I
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Hope she asks me if this
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cadillac will fly
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And I know that I'll die laughin'
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when I show her that it will
when I drive that woman
right out of my mind
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Yeah I'll take her on a scenic cruise
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right off of Lookout Mountain
Cause she said I never took her out
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when she was mine
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She'll see all seven states
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as we drive to the pearly gates
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tonight when I drive her out of my mind
They'll say Johnny Cash was quite a smash
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down here in Chatanooga
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last night when he drove her
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out of his mind
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yeah that Cadillac dealer's in for a big surprise too
99 dollars down, 99 dollars a month
Yeah it's gonna be just gorgeous
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(ooh to the pearly gates)
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(ooh to the pearly gates)
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(ooh to the pearly gates ...)