Amanda Ruth

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#1. 
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We read the paper and we pick the show. 
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I met her there but my watch was slow. 
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She came early and I came late. 
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We never met, it was a hell of a date. 

 
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#2. 
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The way we met, she was a friend of a friend. 
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They needed money and I had it to lend. 
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She had five.....she wanted ten. 
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I gave her all my money so I got none to spend. 

 
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#3. 
C                                              F C 
She burns her biscuits and her gravy is strange. 
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Can’t fry a chicken in a micro-wave range. 
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Her salt’s tasty.....her sugar’s sweet. 
C  
No, she can’t cook but she’s got something to eat.  

 
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Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..(Fade.)