Queen Of The Coast

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[Verse]

She was the Queen of the Coast back in nineteen sixty five
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Prettier 'n most, she could keep a room alive
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With the catch in her voice and the beehive on her head
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Do you remember anything she ever said

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Well, some stars fade faster than the rest
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And the promise wore off though she did her best
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She finally looked around for somethin' else to do
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What she found was a man who needed what she knew

[Chorus]

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Have you forgotten? Have you forgiven?
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Tell me are you livin' just a little in your past every day
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Time sure has changed you; it's walked right on by you
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Does it satisfy you to have so little to say?

[Verse]


For the next ten years she rode around on the bus
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She did washin' and ironin' and pickin' up
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She had a place to stand at the back of the stage
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She was there every night, lookin' her age

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She lent her voice, but she gave her heart
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And, I guess, that must've been the hardest part
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She figured out exactly what was goin' on
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All the love she had given for a song

[Bridge]

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Then things unravelled like they usually do
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She got her old heart busted up by husband, number two

[Chorus]

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Have you forgotten? Have you forgiven?
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Tell me are you livin' just a little in your past every day
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Time sure has changed you; it's walked right on by you
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Does it satisfy you to have so little to say?

[Verse]


I'm not quite sure when she got back on the bus
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But she's still washin' and ironin' and pickin' up
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If you look all the way to the back of the stage
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She's standin' at her mic, lookin' her age

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In a roadstop in Reno at supper time
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The waitress comes over with a look in her eye
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Says: "I saw you in Modesto almost thirty years ago
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"An' I can still remember every song in your show."

[Chorus]
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"Please Help Me, I'm Falling." "Don't Come Home A-Drinking."
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Well, there's a pair of swingin' doors for every cowboy sweetheart tonight
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Time sure has changed you; it's walked right on by you
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Does it satisfy you to have so little to say?