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Lu lives by the river and she's got herself a good good man 
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Spends half the year off shore in lower Alabam 
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Her friends say she should leave him and come join them in the west coast sand 
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But she knows she's got a keeper and they'll never really understand 
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un-der-sta-aa-and 

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She puts a line in the water when the sun comes up, starts drinkin' when it's goin' down 
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Dancin' all alone to the radio till her man comes back around 
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She might go down to Pensacola, maybe lay out on the ol' gulf shore 
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But she don't go to bars at home without him anymore 
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She don't care about what they say, she don't listen anyway 

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All the roughneck rounders playing cards around a TV set 
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Waitin' around for somethin' that hadn't happened yet 
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Jokin' with a dancer she says, "I can help you to forget" 
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But he knows he's got a keeper so he smiles and lights a cigarette 
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And tips his haa-aa-aat 

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He puts his head on the pillow when the sun comes up, starts workin' when it's going down 
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Melting hot steel down in Bienville, just waiting on a turnaround 
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He starts thinkin' about Pensacola, he could be fishin' on the ol' gulf shore 
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But he don't like to do those things without her anymore 
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He don't care about what they say, he never listened anyway 

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They put their lines in the water when the sun comes up, start drinkin' when it's going down 
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Dancing real slow to the radio cause her man's come back around 
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They might go down to Pensacola, do a little fishin' on the ol' gulf shore 
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They don't like to stay out all night the way they did before 
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They don't care about what they say, she never listens anyway 

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