Dixie Chicken

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I've seen the bright lights of Memphis
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And the Commodore Hotel
And underneath a street lamp,
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I met a southern belle

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Oh, she took me to the river,
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where she cast her spell
And in that southern moonlight,
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she sang this song so well

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If you'll be my Dixie chicken I'll be your Tennessee lamb
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And we can walk together down in Dixieland
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 Down in Dixieland

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[Verse 2]
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Well, we made all the hotspots,
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my money flowed like wine
Then the lowdown southern whiskey, yea,
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began to fog my mind

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And I don't remember church bells or the money I put down
On the white picket fence and boardwalk
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On the house at the end of town

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Oh,
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but boy do I remember the strain of her refrain
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 And the nights we spent together
And the way she called my name

[Chorus]
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 If you'll be my Dixie chicken I'll be your Tennessee lamb
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 And we can walk together down in Dixieland
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 Down in Dixieland

[Solo 1]
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[Verse 4]
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 Many years since she ran away
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Guess that guitar player sure could play
She always liked to sing along
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She's always handy with a song

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But then one night in the lobby, yea,
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of the Commodore Hotel
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I chanced to meet a bartender who said he knew her well

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And as he handed me a drink he began to hum a song
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  And all the boys there, at the bar,
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began to sing along

[Chorus]
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If you'll be my Dixie chicken I'll be your Tennessee lamb
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 And we can walk together down in Dixieland
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 Down in Dixieland

[Fade-Out]
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