Candy & I used to run around, tearing up this one horse town
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Everyone looked down their nose, the so-called respectable folk
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Too much was never enough for Candy, skulling pills & popping brandy
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Snorting everything in sight, shooting up anything that looked white?Candy
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At the old park by the riverside, we'd dance & play all thru the nite
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She'd lift her head & laugh out loud, man that girl was awfully proud
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Then late in May she gave me the flick, called me a worthless son-of-a-bitch
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She talked funny & acted strange, everyone could feel the change?In Candy
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I'd take you back, we'd settle down, all your friends could still come around
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Time's short, please say yes, don't tell me about your self-respect?Candy
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Candy lost her girlish gait, her eyes grew dark & she was losing weight
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Her hair had thinned & turned to straw, took both hands to hold up her jaw
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We called the doc, he did some tests, we got the news, it weren't the best
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Candy just said c'est la vie, it was all the French she learned from me?Candy
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She carried on like she was made of steel, acted like she couldn't feel
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Greeted each new day with a smile, the doctor said she's just in denial
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I got a van at the trailer park, for Candy & me & me broken heart
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Every day I'd sit by her side, every nite she'd hear me cry?For Candy
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I'll take you back, we'll settle down, all your friends will still come around
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Time's short, baby please say yes, don't talk to me about self-respect?Candy
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Candy died late last May, it was hard watching her waste away
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But the pride in that woman was strong, she fought so hard just to hold on
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Now I sit alone in that riverside park, where we used to dance & play in the dark
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Thinking that we'd live forever, Candy taught me to never say never?Candy
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| Cletis Carr |
