| There was a dive bar and a cowboy
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| Well, not a cowboy really, but he wore the hat
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| And there was someone who looked like me
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| At least a little, but not exact
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| He said, «I'm gonna take you out proper
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| You and me are going to the zoo.»
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| And I pretended that I was bored
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| And I could take my eyes off of you
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| All I had to do was ask
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| I never knew that this would last
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| I never knew what I was in for
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| This town thinks it’s got your number
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| It’s unlisted, but they can wonder and guess and speculate on you and me
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| Little did I know
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| Little did I see
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| Little did I know just how far our little car could go
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| Little did I know
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| Said he was damaged over whiskey
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| A kind of Kerouac over cigarettes
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| «Let me guess, you’re a gambler, too?»
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| He said, «I bet I marry you.»
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| Well, I was talking like a bad-ass, too
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| A kind of animal all my own
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| «No one’s ever gonna tie me down
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| Especially not some Romeo.»
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| All I had to do was look
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| You were such an open book
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| How could I miss what I was in for?
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| Go on ahead and be a loner
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| Pur on your distant look and roam around the west
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| Like Jack and Neal and Dean
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| Little did I know
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| And I drove a thousand miles for you
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| I even bent the rules, it’s true
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| I swear to everything above
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| I never knew you at all, my love |