| I’ve been chasing after Josie since the day I could run
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| Even though I didn’t know it at the time
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| And I followed her from Texas 'til she found me undone
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| Just a jump ahead of what I left behind.
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| She was proud of her young body as a body could be On her way to be a woman of the world
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| And I still can see her smiling as she gave it to me
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| Lookin’like a lonesome little girl.
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| Josie, is it true that you’ve grown harder than your years
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| Sellin’them your sadness on the street
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| How much did you lose between the laughter and the tears
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| Gettin’back the bitter for the sweet
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| Well, she loved me back to livin’at a time I was lost
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| With the closest thing to love I’ve ever known
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| And she led me through some bridges I was burnin’to cross
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| Then she went and burned some bridges of her own.
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| Now the road’s a little colder every time that I leave
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| For another empty place I’ve never been
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| And I don’t suppose it’s likely that she’s lookin’for me But someday I may just chase her down again.
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| Josie, is it true that you’ve grown harder than your years
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| Sellin’them your sadness on the street
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| How much did you lose between the laughter and the tears
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| Gettin’back the bitter for the sweet |