The second time around, you know it really got me down.
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Sister don't you judge it, just keep it to yourself now. And
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If you ain't got nothing good to say, don't say nothing at all.
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I go bitten by the bitter bug, and now I just can't get enough
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Of ill will and my own conceit. I'm weary of the world it seems.
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I'm weary of the world, weary of the world it seems.
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It's sort of always gone my way. I'm just a little bit off these
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Days. Like I've had hard knocks all my life, like I'm a Bible
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Belt wife. Like I didn't see it coming, like I didn't walk it
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Willingly.
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See, I never want to sing again. La la la like a butterfly.
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Without my wits about me, without my heart in line.
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Third time's a charm and this mine.
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You said you heard Loretta sing and felt the loneliness
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Seeping in. The cowboys made you uneasy, you're a
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God-fearing lesbian. So you learn not to yearn and you
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Take it on the chin again.
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Here's what I find about compromise-Don't do it if it
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Hurts inside, cause either way you're screwed, eventually
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You'll find. You may as well feel good; you may as well
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Have some pride.
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Come August we'll go to Cherokee and hear Loretta do
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Her thing. Pack it into the Indian casino and make the
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Hillbilly scene, kick up our heels and join in.
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Are you my ally or my enemy? Do you have
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Self-loathing or empathy? Can you keep me in your prayers
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Sister. Can you keep me in there somewhere? And
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Sister if you ain't go nothing good to say:don't say
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Nothing at all.
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Second Time Around
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