Key: Ab major•
Verse 1
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Oh, my name is Penny Evans,
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and my age is twenty -one.
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A young widow in the war
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that's being fought in Vietnam.
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And I have two in fant daughters,
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and I do the be st I can.
Now they say the war is over,
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on the day I met young Bill
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At his father's grand piano
And I only knew the left -hand part,
and he the right so well
He's the only boy I slept with,
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and the only one I will
and we parted without tears
And it was nine months from
our last good night,
our second babe appears
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And now every month
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I get a check from
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And it's every month I tear it up
Do you think that makes it alright?
Do you think I'd fall for that?
And you can keep your
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Sure won't bring my Billy back
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I never cared for politics
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And speeches I don't understand
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An d likewise never took
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no charity
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From any living man
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And 50 ,000 heart and souls
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being played with just one hand
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And my name is Penny Evans,
And I have two infant daughters
Now they say the war is over
But I think it's just begun
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