Mama wanted a movie star
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Daddy wanted a ph.d.
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All Sherry wanted was a little affection
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Nobody was listening
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So she caught a right with a guy in a truck
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Down by the interstate
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He said I'm headed for the city of angels
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I can drop you anywhere along the way
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The first time she saw them lights
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Lawd she could not say a word
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But he left her standin' on the strip
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With her suitcase on the curb
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And she saw a sign said please apply
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Always lookin' for a pretty face
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Aw, folks our little farmgirl was a big hit on the
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Little stage...and she's
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Livin a life
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Totally outrageous
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Puttin on the dog
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And takin' it off in Vegas
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I bet you wonder
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What's gonna happen to her
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Shhhhhh.....(listen)
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There's a gideon bible in the cheap desk beside her bed
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Sometimes she flips it open
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But she avoids the words in red
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'Cause Sherry can't believe the king of kings
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Would give a dang about the city of sin
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Why would he care anything about Sherry
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After all she's been
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Livin a life
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Totally outrageous
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Puttin on the dog
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And takin' it off in Vegas
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Hey y'all
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Well last night she could not sleep
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She was readin' that book again
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Then she came across that story
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That woman mary magdalene
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Sherry cried right out loud
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Lord, she's as rough as me
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What will the good lord do
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When they throw him a bad seed
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Oh, Sherry - Sherry
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Love's changed her
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Mary was
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Livin' a life totally outrageous
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Puttin' on the dog
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And takin' it off like Vegas
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Now someone's puttin' on a cross
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And shakin' off Vegas
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Sherry's on a greyhound on her way home to El Paso
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One black gideon bible and a heart as white as snow
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Sherry Goes To Vegas
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Linda Davis |