Intro:
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We met in Louisiana
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On my way to Atlanta
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She was playing in a bar
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With an old guitar and a heavy heart
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She stood there on the stage
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With that spotlight on her face
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She sang a song I love
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And I held onto every word
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And I said, what is it that drives you to create?
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She said, I never had a choice to make
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It chose me long before I wrote a song
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I’m just playing along boy
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He flew out from New York
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To a spot down by the shore
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He said he left when he was young
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But you always miss the place you’re from
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So he came back to the islands
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To paint with red, blue, and violets
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I bought a picture that I loved
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And I couldn’t wait to hang it up
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And I said, what is it that drives you to create?
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He said, I never had a choice to make
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It chose me long before I made it here
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It’s what I feel boy
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She got a gig out there in Reno
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Playing late nights at casinos
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And he flew up to play some hold ’em
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She caught his eye as he was foldin’
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They got married three months late
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He said, when you find the one you don’t date her
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And I drove west to play their wedding
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And I cried like a baby
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And I said, what is it that drives you to create?
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They said, we never had a choice to make
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It chose us long before we ever met
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It’s love and nothing else boy
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It’s love and nothing else boy