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She was born in a place called Blue Valley
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At the foot of the Tennessee hills
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With the blue birds and blue bells and blue mountain water
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And the sound of the Blue Whippoorwill

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But there was no peace in the valley
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Her daddy a cruel ruthless man
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Used and abused her mind and her body
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So her mama said run while you can

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So at fifteen she took to the highway
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Belongings and guitar in hand
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And she buried herself in her mu-sic
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The one thing she did understand
 
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And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet
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Her voice has that high lonesome sound
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She hurts and her songs are the best way to show it
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So the Blue Valley songbird keeps traveling around

          D7               G
She hopes someday she will make it
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And everyone says that she will
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When she comes to town crowds flock around
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To see the girl from the Tennessee hills

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She writes letters back home to her momma
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In care of the preacher in town
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They're sacred to her so she reads them at church
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And so her daddy cannot track her down

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And she sings like a bird and she cries like a baby
                           D7
Whenever she turns off the lights
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She's a whole lot lonesome and a little bit crazy
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From memories and miseries and dreams gone awry
 
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Blue dress blue shoes a blue Cadillac
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A band dressed in blue by her side
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Instruments tied to the top and the back
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Cause the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight

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One nighters honky tonks years flying by
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She's never made it but Lord knows she tries
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Expressing the feelings she holds inside
        C           G           D7        G
And the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight

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Oh the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight
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And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet