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   We met in Louisiana
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   On my way to Atlanta
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   She was playing in a bar
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With an old guitar and a heavy heart
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   She stood there on the stage
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   With that spotlight on her face
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  She sang a song I love
      Ab
And I held onto every word
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   And I said, what is it that drives you to create?

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   She said, I never had a choice to make 

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It chose me long before I wrote a song
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I’m just playing along boy
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  He flew out from New York
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  To a spot down by the shore
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  He said he left when he was young
        Ab
But you always miss the place you’re from
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   So he came back to the islands
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To paint with red, blue, and violets
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  I bought a picture that I loved
      Ab
And I couldn’t wait to hang it up
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And I said, what is it that drives you to create?
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  He said, I never had a choice to make
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It chose me long before I made it here
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It’s what I feel boy

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   She got a gig out there in Reno
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Playing late nights at casinos
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   And he flew up to play some hold ‘em
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She caught his eye as he was foldin’
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They got married three months late
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He said, when you find the one you don’t date her
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  And I drove west to play their wedding
      Ab
And I cried like a baby
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And I said, what is it that drives you to create?
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   They said, we never had a choice to make
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It chose us long before we ever met
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It’s love and nothing else boy
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It’s love and nothing else boy