(Nanci Griffith)
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She owned a hotel on the Jersey shore
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She made her living sending sailors
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Door to door
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He was the small one with a
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Crooked smile
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Oh, he made her eyes light up like
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The heavens on the Fourth of July
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She ran the numbers... They say she
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Ran 'em clean
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Those porcelain hands could keep
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A ledger even in her sleep
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While he worked the Seabees in
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The Philippines
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They say she made more money than
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You or I will ever see
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[Chorus:]
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Love was an anchor on the
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Jersey shore
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If you were looking for love, boys,
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You could've found it in forty four
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'Cuz love wore a halo... back before
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The war
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When the men loved the women
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And the women knew what men
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Were for
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It was in the winter when he came home
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He had to hold those porcelain hands
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Just to keep her warm
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So they had a daughter... they named
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Her Stephanie Anne
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Hey, they sent her off to Vassar to
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Find herself a family man
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[Chorus]
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Now, she sold the hotel... it belongs to me
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I watch those sailors come and go
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Like the waves in the sea
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I've hung their portraits in the
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Honeymoon suite
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I hear they're fishin' their lives away
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In the Florida Keys
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[Chorus]
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Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War)
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Nanci Griffith |