Like A Simile

Intro: 
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The valley moon was shining so bright, 
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Like a cop light thats blin--ding. 
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Snow on the ground I could turn out the lights, 
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Even while I was dri---ving. 
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And she sat beside me and looked like a wildflower smells, 
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And I looked like Id done my best in the worst of hotels. 
 

Interlude: 
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Her daddy kept all the bad boys away, 
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Like you try and hide money. 
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All dressed up like a window display, 
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Like a chalice of ho-ney. 
 

 
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Confit de bouche, she still knows more than you think, 
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She sits in the front seat and stares straight ahead like a sphynx. 
 

 
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Like a rock, like a river, like a harmony, 
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Like a freight train, 
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She was like a simile. 


{Instrumental} 
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Whats the use of a love you cant use, 
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Like an empty revolver, 
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Like a preacher with second hand news, 
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I was never a talker. 
 

 
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Though Im a good lover, she still found a way to complain, 
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When I hear the thunder I dont stick around for the rain. 
 

 
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Like a rock, like a river, like a harmony, 
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Like a freight train, 
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She was like a simile. 


Instrumental 
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You can explain when youre born in the south, 
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Southern hearts aint that simple, 
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She moved away, but I stuck around, 
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Now Im creepy and single. 
 

 
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But I sleep like a baby ever since she showed me how, 
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Curled up like a cat by a woodstove and swallow all doubt. 
 

 
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Like a rock, like a river, like a harmony, 
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Like a freight train, 
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She was like a simile. 
 

Outro: 
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