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If I remember right, her name was Betty 
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We were gradutatin' seniors, goin' steady 
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I was hesitant to wed, but she was ready 
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For Holy Matrimony, 'til one night walkin' home 
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She stopped off at the Strike & Spare Diner 
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And lost her heart to a transfer-truck driver 
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They had a rollin' honeymoon to Carolina 
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I spent the whole summer cussin' them 
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But, lookin' back - it must've been 
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      Divine Intervention, that got (her/my) attention 

      It wasn't superstition or woman's intuition 
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      I've ruled out random chance 

      Destiny or circumstance 
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      Biology - astrology, it wasn't numerology 
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      Karma, Zeus, or Zen 

      Blowin' in the wind 

      The only ying-yang - galdang thing it coulda been 
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      Was Divine Intervention 
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      Divine Intervention 
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After six or seven years of near misses 
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Empty promises and half-hearted kisses 
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I met up lip to lip with my misses 
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She was walkin' through the park 
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I said, "Lord, there goes my heart" 
 
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