When I was young, I knew a girl
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Who wouldn't love god as a test
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Or gamble with her happiness
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And so led astray
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So she did turn
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Her father would say,
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'You're only a guest of the master'
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But passion was her sunday best
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And she fell away
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She fell away
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She fell away
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She fell away from the side of the lord
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And she was free to do what she wanted
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With clouds of her own
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Na na na na
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When she grew up, she fell in love
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She thought it was all that she wanted
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She knew how it felt to be haunted
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And he ran away
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Picked herself up
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And said through her tears
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Don't waste anymore of your time
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You'll spend it all standing in line
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They'll turn you away
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She fell away
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She fell away
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She fell away from the side of the lord
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And she was free to do what she wanted
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With clouds of her own
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Na na na na
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Oh but superstition
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And your heart's permission
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'Cause you're good enough, good enough, good enough
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To make it alone
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Then when she died
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She didn't ask god
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To take her back into his graces
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She'd taken on to many shapes
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And too many were strange
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And as they lay her in to the ground
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Her spirits, they all flew all away
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The sun shone so bright on that day
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You thought it was spring
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She fell away
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She fell away
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She fell away from the side of the lord
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And she was free to do what she wanted
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With clouds of her own
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The Virginian
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| Neko Case |
