Avenging Annie

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[Verse 1]

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We ran through the hills and 
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forests as two under a spell
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He was a city boy, Floyd the outlaw
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But I thought I knew him well

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Long after that great summer when 
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I first came into my fame
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And the avenger from Oklahoma was 
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added to my name
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The avenger I became...
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[Chorus 1]

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Well, they call me avenging Annie
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I'm avenger of womanhood
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I spend my whole life telling lies
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Lead you on and mess you over 
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good...

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I take all you spoiled young hippies
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Running around, playing games
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Mess around in your bed, I'll blow 
your head
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I'll put you through a change
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What you've done to others, I'll 
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do unto you...

[Verse 2]

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But then I met my sensitive outlaw
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He was the best thing I had ever 
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seen
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I wanna be his wife, wanna give him 
my life
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I was so blind I could never have
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 seen, no

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So I joined up with my outlaw, and
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 headed for California...

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He treated me worse than I ever 
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imagined
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He even say he don't want me around
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Kept it up so long I couldn't be 
strong
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He run me right into the ground
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After five long years
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He picked me up and then he slapped 
me down... (stop)

[Bridge]

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[Verse 3]

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When I told my friends about him 
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they all were on my side
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But I could see through the haze 
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he looked so crazy
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I put my head right down and I 
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cried
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For my poor lover, I cried like a 
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mother for my poor lover...

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Well, I felt so sad about it
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But I knew I couldn't do him no good
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He was so far gone, standing all 
alone
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I left him, I knew I should
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I knew I couldn't do him no 
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good...

[Verse 4]

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And now I live out on a mountain 
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top, and I'm almost thirty-five
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And I've found my peace, and I've 
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found my release
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And I'm happy just to be alive...

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And I might go back to my Floyd, 
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if I think it's the thing to do
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He gave up murder and theft right 
after I left
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And you know I still love him too

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Just like your woman loves you
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Just like your woman loves you
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Just like your woman loves you
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Just like your woman loves you...

[Chorus/Outro]

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Well, they call me avenging Annie
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I'm avenger of womanhood
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I spend my whole life telling lies
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Lead you on and mess you over, 
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yeah...

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Well, they call me avenging Annie
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I'm avenger of womanhood
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I spend my whole life telling lies
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Lead you on and mess you over, 
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yeah...

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