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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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She was eighteen,
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had a California dream
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Gettin' out was just a matter of time
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He just turned twenty,
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makin' decent money
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Drivin' nails into railroad ties
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Boy meets girl,
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girl's plans changed that
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summer into a hell of a fall
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No, they didn't have it all together,
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but together they had it all
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They had it all
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Love did what it does,
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wasn't even six months
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Ain't ever leavin',
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shinin' on her left hand
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But that worse or for better,
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forever together
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Started runnin' out of sand
[Pre-Chorus]
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He was gone on the road,
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she was home all alone That
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lonely took a toll on her heart
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Came home early one night to surprise her To find her
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lost in someone else's arms
[Chorus]
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This is the story of Jack and Jill
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How their whole world came tumblin' down
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Heartbreak kills,
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Jill got on the pills And
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Jack couldn't get off that crown They
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found their peace somewhere underneath
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The roots of a sycamore tree
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Yeah, Jack and Jill went downhill
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And ended up on one in Tennessee
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In Tennessee
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Everybody knows that he couldn't let go
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of that bottle or what she'd done
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He took his last sip, yeah,
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he finally quit That
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mornin' he didn't wake up
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She took the news with the whites and the blues
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Didn't leave a note, there was no need
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The preacher they used when they said,
"I do,"
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is readin' out of Psalm twenty-three
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Twenty-three
[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
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This is the story of Jack and Jill
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How their whole world came tumblin' down
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Heartbreak kills,
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Jill got on the pills And
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Jack couldn't get off that crown They
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found their peace somewhere underneath
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The roots of a sycamore tree
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Yeah, Jack and Jill went downhill
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And ended up on one in Tennessee
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In Tennessee,
[Outro]
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in Tennessee
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