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Lu lives by the river and she's got herself a good good man
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Spends half the year off shore in lower Alabam
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Her friends say she should leave him and come join them in the west coast sand
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But she knows she's got a keeper and they'll never really understand
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She puts a line in the water when the sun comes up, starts drinkin' when it's goin' down
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Dancin' all alone to the radio till her man comes back around
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She might go down to Pensacola, maybe lay out on the ol' gulf shore
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But she don't go to bars at home without him anymore
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She don't care about what they say, she don't listen anyway
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All the roughneck rounders playing cards around a TV set
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Waitin' around for somethin' that hadn't happened yet
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Jokin' with a dancer she says, "I can help you to forget"
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But he knows he's got a keeper so he smiles and lights a cigarette
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And tips his haa-aa-aat
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He puts his head on the pillow when the sun comes up, starts workin' when it's going down
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Melting hot steel down in Bienville, just waiting on a turnaround
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He starts thinkin' about Pensacola, he could be fishin' on the ol' gulf shore
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But he don't like to do those things without her anymore
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He don't care about what they say, he never listened anyway
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They put their lines in the water when the sun comes up, start drinkin' when it's going down
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Dancing real slow to the radio cause her man's come back around
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They might go down to Pensacola, do a little fishin' on the ol' gulf shore
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They don't like to stay out all night the way they did before
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They don't care about what they say, she never listens anyway
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