(Dolly Parton)
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We're all together once again
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For the first time in I don't know when
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We were so close once upon a time
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There were five of us kids at home
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Two girls, three boys and Dad and Mom
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But that was in the better part
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Of life we left behind
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Remember that old swimming hole
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Where we would swim so long ago
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And all them possum grapes and muskedines
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And do you recall the time
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We all got drunk on homemade wine
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That was in the better part
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Of life we left behind
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Life was simple for us then
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If only it could be again
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How I wish we could go back in time
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But time moves on and nothin' lasts
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Except the memories from the past
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Memories from the better part
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Of life we left behind
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Remember how we talked as kids
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Of what we'd be when we got big
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And all the dreams that we held in our minds
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I wanted to be a singin' star
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And you all said that I'd go far
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But that was in the better part
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Of life we left behind
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Remember all the fun we had
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Back when they say times were bad
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And life was good to us and things were fine
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We had fun and we had love
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And a mom and dad to care for us
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But that was is the better part
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Of life we left behind
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Life was simple for us then
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If only it could be again
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How I wish we could go back in time
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But time moves on and nothin' lasts
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Except the memories from the past
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Memories from the better part
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Of life we left behind
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Sweet memories from the better part
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Of life we left behind
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Better Part Of Life
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Dolly Parton |