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I talked to your sister last night on the telephone 
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You know she always talked pretty well of me 
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She said that the wedding went fine 
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You were up in New York on your honeymoon 
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Tonight I'm down ___ in Tennessee 
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I got that letter you wrote it tore me up 
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But I don't have anyone to blame but me 
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I had it all for a while, but like everything else 
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I messed it up 
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Tonight I'm down ____ in Tennessee 
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It's blue tonight ___ and getting bluer 
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Girl I'm in the state that I deserve to be 
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Without you I just can't see 
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Things ever looking up for me 
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I'm so down in Tennessee 
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I hope your happy with him he's a lucky man 
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And I hope he gives you that home an family 
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I just wanna say if by chance  
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You are ever this way look me up 
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I'll be down ____ in Tennessee 
 
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