Key: C major•
Verse 1
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Mary
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Lou from Garden City, Kansas
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Her mother said one day she'd be a star
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An d everyone in Garden City,
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Kansas,
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they all agreed that she'd
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go very far.
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Dancing les sons every morning,
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and Broadway was just
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Now Mary Lou's finally
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but she's never gonna see
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her name in lights.
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And there ain't
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from the fate that Broadway gave her,
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taking money for her favors every
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night.
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Mary Lou left Garden City, Kansas,
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all set to take her chances
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on her own.
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She'd been the queen at
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all the local dances,
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and look at all the tal ent
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shows she'd won.
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led down a dead -end street
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And she had to find some other way
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Now Mary Lou has finally
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But she's never gonna see
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her name in lights
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And there ain't no one
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From the fate that Broadway gave her
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s every night.
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such a lovely lady
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The morning that she stepped down
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-five and got a baby
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An d she spends her evenings
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walkin' in the rain.
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And she can't go back to Garden City,
Kansas
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Cause she's not the little girl
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she used to be
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And her mother's gone from Garden City,
Kansas
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She said the weather and
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her health did not agree
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So every lonely evening
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she'll kiss her little girl goodnight
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under the corner light
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Now Mary Lou has finally
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But she's nev er gonna
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see her name in light
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And there ain't
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From the fate that Broadway gave her
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Taking money for her favors
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Am
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every night
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