Tabbed by:  Glenn Estes 
 
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I played a wedding for the money,  
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and I wished that I could tell the bride and groom 
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Just what I thought of marriage 
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And what in store after their honeymoon 
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and I was grumblin' to the dancers 
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'bout how men and women ought to live apart 
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And how a promise never made can not be broken 
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And can never break your heart 
  
When sudenly from out of nowhere 

A little girl came dancing 'cross the floor 

All her crinolines were billowing 

Beneath the skirt of calico that she wore 

Oh what a joy fell on the honored guests 

As each of them was drawn inside her dream 

And they laughed and clapped and stomped their feet 

And hollered at her "Dance little Jean" 
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        Dance, little Jean, this day is for you 
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        two people you love, stood up and said "I do" 
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        Dance little Jean, the prayer that you had 
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        Was answered today 
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        Your mama's marrying your dad 
  
Well, my cynical heart just melted 
'Cause I knew what this get together meant 
How it ended year of tears and sad confusion 
That the little girl had spent 
Well they told the band to pack it up 
About the time the couple cut the cake 
But we played as long as they stayed 
For love and laughs and little Jeanie's sake 
  
        (Chorus)
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