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[Verse 1]
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Held onto your letters
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They’re getting better with age
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Now my desk’s like a pulpit
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And my bed like a stage

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See, all these debts keep me under
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Ain’t no words worth the cost
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If I should carry me farther
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Than the load of a lover once lost

[Chorus]
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We used to walk down the road to Buttermilk Falls
            B5
Dip in your feet, put your hair down
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Thinking I just won’t make it
         B5
And if I go back tomorrow
                       E5
Would I still feel the same?
         B5
I put my feet in the water but the water got hotter

So I just keep my body by the edge of the bay

[Verse 2]
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Make believe we were younger
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Forget the money we owe
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You got your prior commitments, baby
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Just wish I had some of my own
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‘Cause ain’t no loving me
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Before you know what I’m worth
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‘Cause you are the life of the party
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And I am the scum of the earth

[Chorus]
B5                                          E5
We used to walk down the road to Buttermilk Falls
            B5
Dip in your feet, put your hair down
           E5
Thinking I just won’t make it
         B5
And if I go back tomorrow
                       E5
Would I still feel the same?
         B5
I put my feet in the water but the water got hotter