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Hard Work and Clean Living

(c) Ed Gregory - thewriteguy@thewritespot.com - 615-887-4745

We had a small church wedding. How they oohed and how the awed
You taught me that our love was such a precious gift from God
You taught me to read the Bible
Something I still do each day
You set me straight and then you went astray

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Hard work and clean living nearly made a mess of me.
You ran off with a man who is the me I used to be.
It nearly broke my heart and I was lonesome that’s for sure
Til I met a gal in church who is the girl I thought you were.

My motorcycle’s gone. My tattoos have been removed
But that was nothing to the pain of losing you
I went from the barrooms to the Bible
You went from here to faraway
You set me straight and then you went astray.

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I got a new job and a new suit, a new car and some new shoes
A new outlook on life and then I got those Sunday blues
Now I sit here and sing loudly
Where we used to sit too proudly
You set me straight and then you went astray

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You set me straight and then you went astray
But I lived to love another precious day

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