Lirik dan Kunci Gitar John Prine - Great Compromise

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I knew a girl who was almost a lady
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She had a way with all the men in her life
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Every inch of her blossomed in beauty
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She was born on the fourth of July

V2:
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Well, she lived in an aluminum house trailer
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And she worked in a jukebox saloon
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And she spent all the money that I give her
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Just to see the ol' man in the moon

CHORUS:
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I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
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And awake in the dawn's early light
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But much to my surprise, when I opened my eyes
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I was a victim of the great compromise

V3:
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Well, we'd go out on Saturday evenings
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To the drive-in on Route Forty-One
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And it was there that I first suspected
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She was doing what she'd already done

V4:
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She said "Johnny, won't you get me some popcorn?"
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And she knew I had to walk pretty far
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And as soon as I passed through the moonlight
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She hopped into a foreign sports car


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I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
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And awake in the dawn's early light
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But much to my surprise, when I opened my eyes
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I was a victim of the great compromise

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Well, you know, I could have beat up the feller
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But it was her who had hopped into his car
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As many times as I'd fought to protect her
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This time she was goin' too far

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Now, some folks, they call me a coward
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'Cause I left her at the drive-in that night
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But I'd rather have names thrown at me
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Than to fight for a thing that ain't right

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I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
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And awake in the dawn's early light
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But much to my surprise, when I opened my eyes
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I was a victim of the great compromise

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Now she writes all the fellers love letters
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Saying "Greetings! Come and see me real soon!"
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And they go and line up the barroom
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To spend the night in that sick woman's room

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But sometimes, I get awful lonesome
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And I wish she was my girl instead
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But she won't let me live with her
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And she makes me live in my head

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I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
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And awake in the dawn's early light
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But much to my surprise, when I opened my eyes
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I was a victim of the great compromise

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