Near Mrs

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[Verse]
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She was tan, she was classy
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From southern Tallahassee
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And her daddy had the Kennedy hair
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She graduated Vandy
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Old money and a hand-me-down
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Country club sorority flair
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Woulda been a good wife
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Woulda been a good life
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Couple kids in some khaki shorts
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She started talking 'bout marriage
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And I knew 3 carats
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Wouldn't shine in my rusty old ford


[Chorus]
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Here's to all my near Mrs.
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Give them all my best wishes
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And close call kisses that never came through
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Thank God I didn't ever say I do
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Here's to all the lost chances
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Last call romances
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'Cause if those near Mrs. had ever come through
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I would've missed out on you


[Verse]
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She was sweet, she was mean
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From New Orleans, she tried to put me in her voodoo spell
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A wildfire raging
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A French Quarter cajun
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And her brother did some time in jail
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A  was pretty and New York was witty and
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Chicago got too cold for me
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I went all around the world
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For a marrying girl
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All the while she was in Tennessee


[Chorus]
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Here's to all my near Mrs.
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Give them all my best wishes
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And close call kisses that never came through
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Thank God I didn't ever say I do
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Here's to all the lost chances
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Last call romances
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'Cause if those near Mrs. had ever come through
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I would've missed out on you


[Solo]
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           Come on now, hey


[Chorus]
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Here's to all my near Mrs.
          Bm
Give them all my best wishes
    C
And close call kisses that never came through
      D
Thank God I didn't ever say I do
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Here's to all the lost chances
     Bm
Last call romances
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'Cause if those near Mrs. had ever come through
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I would've missed out on you
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Yeah, I probably would of ended up something blue
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And I would've missed out on you