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I was clean, a patron, I was young and an _ actress.
When you knelt by my mattress and asked for
Eb my hand.
I _ _ .
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Ab was sad, you asked it, _ as I laid in a black dress.
With my father in a casket, I had no
Eb plans _ _ _ _ .
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Ab _ _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ I left _ _ footprints
Db of my stain
Ab on the carpet.
And it hurt like my heart did when you
Eb left town.
_ But _ _ .
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Ab I must _ admit it,
Db that I would marry you
Ab in an instant.
Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to
Eb have you around _ _ _ _ .
Ab But I was
Eb late for this,
Db _
Ab late for that,
Db late
Ab for the
Eb love of my life.
Ab And when I
Eb die alone,
Db when I
Ab die
Db alone,
Ab die I'll be
Eb your girl _ .
_ _ _ _ _
Ab _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ while the church _ _ discouraged
Db any lust that
Ab burned within me.
Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I
Eb held true.
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Ab So I drive a taxi,
Db and the traffic _
Ab distracts me.
Db From the strangers in
Ab my backseat, they remind
Eb me of you.
_ _ But
Ab I was
Eb late for this,
Db late
Ab for that,
Db late
Ab for the love
Eb of my life.
And
Ab when I die
Eb alone,
Db when I
Ab die
Db alone,
Ab die I'll be
Eb your time _ _ _ _ _ .
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Fm Lonely gifts from
Ab my lord _
Db were
Eb birth and
Fm death, divorce _ .
But _ _
Ab I've read this script
Fm and the costume fits,
Db so
Eb I played my
Ab part.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
was clean, _ you played true,
Db I was taller than
Ab the _ rafters.
But that's all in the past, I'm gone
Eb with the wind _ _ _ _ .
Ab Now I'm nervous, in white shoes,
Db leads me back to my
Ab guest room.
Db It's a bed _
Ab and a bathroom, _ _ _ and a place
Eb for you.
_ I _ _ _ _
Ab won't be
Eb late for this,
Db Ab late for
Db that, late
Ab for the
Ebm love of my life.
Ab And when I
Ebm die alone,
Db when I die
Ab Db alone,
Ab die I'll be your
Eb time.
_ _ Time.
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