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 Sitting up here in this New York townhouse decorated in greys and  
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blues and everybody knows love won't for a cactus and a rose.  
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When that old wild streak beneath my skin sets my craziness free  
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again they'll all say I told you so. Love won't grow for a cactus and a rose. 
 
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Cause I still like to drink my beer and I still love honky tonks.   
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Where the good ole girls will always dance with you when the high  falootin 
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women won't.  And I'm locked into a way of life I can't give it up i  
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know it makes me sad  love can't be had for a cactus and a  
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rose. 
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Sometimes falling makes more sense than sitting in the middle of  the  
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same old fence your gonna loose either way goes love won't   
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grow for a cactus and a rose.  So I'm sitting up here in this New York  
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townhouse decorated in greys and blues and everybody knows  
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love won't grow for a cactus and a rose.