| Tearing down the highway in the pouring rain
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| Escaping from my wedding day
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| I heard the bells ringing in the local church
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| The ceremony’s nearly under way
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| Telegrams came and the cheap champagne
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| Was driving everybody out of their brains
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| But I convinced my best friends I lost my nerve
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| And I pleaded I was being framed
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| «Sailor show me which way to go»
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| I screamed out loud
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| «Sailor show me which way to go,» ow
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| Such a deadly silence
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| Due to my defiance
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| The wedding ground to a halt
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| Said I changed my mind
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| Ain’t no use in your trying
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| So her brother punched me in the throat
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| Her mother got hysterical
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| The bitch was cynical
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| Father’s in the corner drunk
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| Picking myself off the floor
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| I ran to the door
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| Damned if I was skippin' on my way, haha
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| «Sailor show me which way to go»
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| You should have heard the noise
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| Said «Sailor show me which way to go,» woo
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| So keep clean, girlie
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| Find a man that’s truly
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| Gonna love you from dusk 'til dawn, woo
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| Keep your front door key
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| Don’t give him up for me
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| 'Cause tomorrow I may be gone
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| You see, your would be keepers
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| Tossin', all night creepin'
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| Ain’t nobody gonna change in there
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| Who thinks a marriage life should be like a dog’s life
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| So let’s renew it when the year runs out, that’s right
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| Sailor show me which way to go, haha, yeah
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| Sailor show me which way to go, woo
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| She had a belly full of lust but she had no bust |