Good morning, dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
To watch two people we know make a big mistake
They'll stand up at the alter
And solemnly swear I do
They'll be together forever
'Til they find somebody new

Her daddy's in the front row
Muttering oh no here we go again
They had a couple dates
Now she's three months late
And it's twenty bucks a plate I spent, oh....

Before you met me I was a fairy princess
I caught frogs and called them prince and made myself a queen
Before you knew me I traveled round the world
I slept in castles and fell in love
Because I was taught to dream

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I found mayonnaise bottles and
Poked holes on top to capture Tinkerbell
They were just fireflies to the untrained eye
But I could always tell

You've worn the soles off both your shoes
Walkin' on me like ya do
This ain't what forever's for
And I ain't gonna take it
I ain't gonna take it anymore

I've cried and begged and cursed and prayed
But nothing's worked and nothing's changed
No way I win when you keep score
And I ain't gonna take it
I ain't gonna take it anymore

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The eagle wants a canyon
And a place where he can rest his wings a while
The drifter wants a freight train
That will carry him another hundred miles
The lion's only lookin' for something he can sink his teeth into
Oh and I want you
..ah no no no no no...

The devil wants a fella
With a weakness he can wrap his arms around
The champion wants a challenger

Well I've come to know the look on your face
When you're lying about where you've been
Or how much you spent

I know when you will raise your fingers
To your mouth as if to wipe away the shame
It's not a game I know you feel bad

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If you ask for my forgiveness
If you call my name I will come
If you ask for my love I will give you some

Someday I know you will understand

You never looked so good
As you did last night
Underneath the city lights
There, walking with your friends
Laughing at the moon
I swear you looked right through me
But I'm still living with your goodbye
And you're just going on with your life

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How can you just walk on by
Without one tear in your eye
Don't you have the slightest feelings left for me?
Maybe thats just your way

So hot outside all I can wear is these cut off overalls
And sandals on my feet
Well I emptied my pockets for bus ticket
Just so I could sit there in a broken seat

I got no place I should go
I got no worries ya know
Second or seventh street
It doesnt matter to me

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'Cause you're mine it's all I need to know
The sun shines everywhere we go

Yeah

Well, it's a long way from Star, Mississippi
To the big stage I'm singing on tonight
And sometimes the butterflies still get me
When I'm in the spotlight

And some people seem to think that I've changed
That I'm different than I was back then
But in my soul, I know that I'm the same way
That I've really always been

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'Cause a Mississippi girl don't change her ways

The train pulled into Paris
Like a rocket to the moon
The station's like a circus
Every face is a cartoon
Everybody's stoned on pride
And drunk on cheap champagne
Tonight this joie de vivre
Sure don't live up to its name
Now all I can say is

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I'd give this world to you
Every rock and every stone
Every masterpiece in Rome
And if you'd ask me to
I'd steal the Mona Lisa

"It's late enough,
all your kids should be home."
The policeman says
as he takes your beer for his own.

You remember,
wondering what his wife thought
about his occupation
He knows that you were just
chasing a dream
to the town line and back and over
again
So he winks at your girls
and tells you all "I'll see you later"

I was stealing kisses from a boy

We've got bare foot ladies and tricked out mercedes
People getting crazy on the boulevard
We've got classic colas and ice cold coronas
And big pool parties in the back yard

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I said hey, that's the way we do it
New friends, and blue skies that never end
Hey, that's the way we like it
Good times, sunshine and summertime

You'll see straw sombreros and t-top camaros

What if no one would kill for their religion
What if no one ever had to go to war
What if the children of the world made world decisions
Paint-by-number hatred wasn't hanging around anymore

Is everything A-OK in the USA
In the good ole USA
Is everything A-OK in the USA
In the good ole USA

It's like everything and nothing leads to wisdom
It's like no one really means what they say

A setting sun that paints a tie-dye sky
A feather bed, an ancient lullaby
A kiss good night from one whose love is true
That's the kind of day I wish for you

A field of flowers dancing in the spring
A little creek, a tree, an old rope swing
Cotton candy clouds against the blue
That's the kind of day I wish for you

First love with all its storm
Raging like fire within

TV flashes down the hall
Painting pictures on the wall
And you're still sleeping on my knees
And in the glow of silver light
I trace the lines above your eyes
Just another wrinkle that you can blame on me

But I can hear the current of the freeway in the distance
If I keep listening
And I wonder if you ever thought of streaming off
Somewhere with it
Am I not what you thought