Her First Mistake chords by Lyle Lovett
Intro 1
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Once upon a time
Verse 1
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ago
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Way up in the land of sleet and snow
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How this fairy would go
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I could not have know
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I had
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Verse 2
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searched around
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this world so mean
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From Livingstone to Palestine
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Trying to pursue my dream
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Of love
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It was then I met this girl so fine
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She made me think so fast
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I left my thoughts behind
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And I tried to pass for
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a sophisticated
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Northern man
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I said
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yes my dear,
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I know exactly what you mean
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Because there's not so much
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I haven't done or seen
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And may I say your eyes are
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the loveliest
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I said well come on baby
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Come on baby
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It was then I knew I had
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made my first mistake
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She did not even start to wait
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As she turned around to walk away
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This is what she had to say
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She told me
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man I come
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from way down South
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I've got a picket fence
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with a picket house
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And I don't need no fast
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talking Northern man
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Like you around
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I said well
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come on baby
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Come on baby
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Honey I don't know
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what you just heard
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But Alabama is my favorite word
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And Birmingham
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Is a long way from here
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I could see the light began to shine
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She turned back around her eyes met mine
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And suddenly the whole world became
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A better place
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Even if
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it was only for an instant
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Because it was then I knew
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I had made my
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Second mistake
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She told me
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man that
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was a real good try
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But Alabama's not where I reside
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I come from where the river is wide
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And the craw fish hide
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I said well
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come on baby
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Honey I don't know
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what you just heard
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But Louisiana is my favorite word
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And New Orleans
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Is a long way from here
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She just looked at me
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and shook her head
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Your lines are pretty sad she said
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You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man
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If this is doing the best you can
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It was
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then I knew I had
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made my third mistake
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Yes three strikes right across the plate
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And as I hollered honey
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please wait
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She was gone
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I said well come on baby
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Honey I don't know
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what you just heard
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Bartender set 'em up
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are my favorite words
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Because the love I need
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Is a long way from here
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Oh the love I need
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Is a long way from here
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Yes well there I sat so all alone
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Like a king who sits upon his throne
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And whose kingdom may
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have just gone home
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With another kingdom
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So as you
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can imagine
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much to my surprise
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When the door was flung
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back open wide
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It was a miracle
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She walked inside
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And pulled her chair up next
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to me
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And that's when she knew
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She had made her
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First mistake
Interlude 1
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Honey I don't know
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what you just heard
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But come on baby
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Are my favorite words
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And where we're going
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Is a long way from here
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And where we're going
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Is a long way from here
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So like I said before
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I could not have known
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How this fairy tale would finally go
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Still the only certain thing for sure
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Is what I do not know
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So like the
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years and all
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the seasons pass
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And like the sand runs
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through the hour glass
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I just keep on running faster
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Chasing the happily
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I am ever after
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I just
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keep on running faster
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Chasing the happily
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I am ever after
Outro 1
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Her First Mistake
Lyle Lovett
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