| A very old friend came by today
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| 'Cause he was telling everyone in town
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| About the love that he just found
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| And Marie’s the name of his latest flame
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| He talked and talked and I heard him say
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| That she had the longest blackest hair
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| The prettiest green eyes anywhere
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| And Marie’s the name of his latest flame
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| Though I smiled the tears inside were a-burning
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| I wished him luck and then he said goodbye
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| He was gone but still his words kept returning
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| What else was there for me to do but cry
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| Would you believe that yesterday
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| This girl was in my arms and swore to me
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| She’d be mine eternally
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| And Marie’s the name of his latest flame |