With the money from her accident
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She bought herself a mobile home
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So at least she could get some enjoyment
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Out of being alone
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No one could say that she was left up on the shelf
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It's you and me against the World kid she mumbled to herself
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CHORUS:
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When the world falls apart some things stay in place
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Levi Stubbs' tears run down his face
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She ran away from home with her mother's best coat
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She was married before she was even entitled to vote
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And her husband was one of those blokes
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The sort that only laughs at his own jokes
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The sort that war takes away
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And when there wasn't a war he left her anyway
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Norman Whitfield and Barratt Strong
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Are here to make right everything that's wrong
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Holland and Holland and Lamont Dozier too
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Are here to make it all okay with you
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One dark night he came home from the sea
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And put a hole in her body where no hole should be
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It hurt her more to see him walking out the door
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And though they stitched her back together they left her heart in pieces on the
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floor
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When the world falls apart some things stay in place
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She takes off the Four Tops tape and puts it back in its case
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When the world falls apart some things stay in place
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Levi Stubbs' tears...
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Levi Stubbs' Tears
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| Billy Bragg |
