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From somewhere outside,
I hear a street vendor cry "filet gumbo"
From my window I see him, going
Down the street and he don't know
That we fell right to sleep
In the damp tangled sheets so soon
After love in the hot afternoon.
Chorus:
Now this bourbon street lady
Sleeps like a baby in the shadows
He was new to me, full of mystery
But now I know that he's just a guy,
And I'm just a girl in a room
Making love in the hot afternoon.
We met in the park this morning
And we sat, without talking
Then we came back here,
In the heat of the day, tired of walking
Where under his breath,
He hummed to himself a tune
About love in the hot afternoon
Repeat Chorus
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Used To Be
02:04
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I recall a summer morn
We'd had words and you were home
But I called you anyway
Just to wish you "Happy Day"
We were young, but we knew love
Love was all we thought of
Then I let you slip from me far away to used-to-be
Used-to-be's should never end
But you can't live on should've-been
Though I'm living well, you know
My used to be sometimes shows
All the parks are closed today
There's no place where we can play
We've spent every cent, my friend
On used-to-be and should've-been
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And I'll Go
02:17
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Look at me and tell me
You don't want me around anymore
And I'll go
Tell me that
I don't mean anything at all to you anymore
And I'll go
If you want to say
"Our love's not right"
I'll turn away from away from you
Run away from you
Out of your life
'Cause I love you
And I want you to be free
If not
I'm not the girl you wanted me to be
Look at me and tell me
You don't want me around anymore
And I'll go
Look at me and tell me
You don't want me around you anymore
All you got to do is let me know
All you got to do is tell me so
And I'll go
I'll go
And I'll go, I'll go
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Well, here we are together
For the first time, the moonlight, it was corny
And we're sitting here holding hands
As if it were some special ceremony
And of all the loves that ever lived
Tonight we feel that our love is the best
And the whole state of Alabama couldn't care less
Do you remember when Billy Joe MacGregor
Introduced us in that restaurant?
Now we both agree
That Billy Joe MacGregor might ought to run for president
Does he know that he played Cupid
And we're sitting here tonight in love like this?
And the whole state of Alabama doesn't know our love exists
Wake the town and tell the people
That tonight we found a love beyond compare
And it could have been the Alabama moon
Or simply something in the air
But we borrowed Alabama stars tonight
To make our love grow
And we thought our love was something
That the state of Alabama ought to know
And we thought our love was something
That the state of Alabama ought to know
And we thought our love was something
That the state of Alabama ought to know
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She was sixteen on her own
With no place to call her home
She had the dreams of a child
But the heart of a woman turned to stone
And every night she slept
She never woke up alone
When Annie was around, she'd get the party going on
She fell in love with a man who knew her past
But only asked her stay by him
A few years went by, a child came
And so did her bad ways again
And one night when she was more than lonely
She called an old obliging friend
And while they held each other
The man who really loved her happened to walk in
Chorus:
Tonight there's a gun still smoking in Nashville
And Annie's dying in bed
He pulled that gun from the closet
And put a bullet in her head
And his child cried, "Daddy, what you do that for?"
But he didn't hear the words he said
All he saw was his wife with another man lying naked in his bed
Well, they buried Annie two days later
In the early morning dew
And the little boy was crying for his mama
And so was his daddy, too
And he said, "Son, I'll get back to you,
God willing, in a year or two
Try to forgive me, 'cause all I got is you."
Repeat Chorus
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Hollywood Seven
03:27
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She came in one night from Omaha
Worn out, 'cause she could never sleep on trains
Took a bus to Hollywood
Looking for a room in the pouring rain
Her hair so blonde, her eyes so brown
She thought she'd take this town and turn it upside down
I was living in a hotel just off sunset
She moved in across the hall
She said she'd be a movie star
So she waited every morning for the call
I'd ask her in for coffee
But she hardly had the time
Her call might come tomorrow
And she had to know her lines
Hollywood Seven
Rooms to rent
Till your name goes up in lights
Hollywood Seven
You can dream your dreams for seven bucks a night
The months went by without a job
The money that she'd saved was nearly spent
She started bringing strangers home
Had to find a way to pay the rent
Staring at the ceiling
While she'd give herself away
Just busy rehearsing in her mind
The scenes she'd never play
Hollywood Seven
Rooms to rent
Till your name goes up in lights
Hollywood Seven
You can dream your dreams for seven bucks a night
I found her there one morning
When she didn't come for coffee when I called
She brought the wrong one home this time
There were crazy lipstick scrawls across the wall
Now she's going back to Omaha
But not the way she planned
There'll be no crowd to cheer her on
No "welcome home", no band
Hollywood Seven
Rooms to rent
Till your name goes up in lights
Hollywood Seven
You can dream your dreams for seven bucks a night
She came in one night from Syracuse
Excited from her first time on a plane
Took a cab to Hollywood
Dreaming of the lights that would spell her name
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Vicki Lawrence Inglewood, California
Vicki Lawrence is an American actress, comedian, and pop singer known for the many characters she originated on The Carol Burnett Show, where she appeared from 1967 to 1978, for the entire series run. One such character, "The Family" matriarch Mrs.Thelma Harper, later was the central character of the television situation comedy series Mama's Family on NBC and, later, in first-run syndication. ... more
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