Intro 

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She was leaning long legged 
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'neath a bottle cap sign 
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Of a country store with a coke and a smile 
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the coolest place to linger 
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on an Arkansas day 
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when she saw him passing by 
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He said "I'll take you back to Texas" 
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Said "my name is Ray" 
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where the stars are bigger than the Hit Parade 
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And she stopped dreamin' her dream 
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and she started dreamin' his 
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Traded in her childhood 
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She wore flowered dresses for him 
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Rolled her hair, scrubbed her freckled skin 
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On the chance that they were goin' out tonight 
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Catch a show, maybe grab a bite 
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and she looked real nice, She looked real nice  

Verse 

Sometimes I think about my daddy 

and his old spice grin, 

Cleaned pressed shirts, and a farmers tan 

She never asked him questions 

So he never told her lies 

but I heard my mama cry some 

And I was sitting in the hallway on the night he left 

huggin my knees, holding my breath 

I never knew why but he was damn sure gone 

thought it was maybe my fault 

Chorus 

'Cause She wore flowered dresses for him 

Rolled her hair, scrubbed her freckled skin 

On the chance that they were goin' out tonight 

Catch a show, maybe grab a bite 

And she looked real nice, she looked real nice 

Repeat Intro For the violin solo 

Verse 

Now the evening is just starting to chill a bit 

with the fireflies in flight over the trees and it 

Brings to mind the glider where she used to sit 

And count the headlights on the highway 

So I think of where you're goin' 

Where you are tonight 

What you might have seen, 

since I last saw those eyes. 

I know that I can't win, If I do not play 

But this whole thing scares me 

Chorus 

She wore flowered dresses for him 

Rolled her hair, scrubbed her freckled skin 

On the chance that they were goin' out tonight 

Catch a show, maybe grab a bite 

and she looked real nice, She looked real nice  
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and she looked real nice, She looked real nice  
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