Dead-end RoadDavid A. Woodbury

©2020 - David A. Woodbury

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1.Was the let ter bomb for me?

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Or the

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poi soned cup of tea?

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Was the

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bul let thru my car

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go ing

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just a bit too far?

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Was it

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an y thing I said

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that

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made you want me dead?

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Well there's

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no thing you can say

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or do that'll

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change the way I feel

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a bout you.

Dm

That's why I

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named a dead end road

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af ter you and a

Dm

hol i day on May

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thir ty two, then I

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carved your name in the sole

Fmaj7

of my shoe, so I

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ne ver could for get

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you. I

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wrote your name in the sky

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with a plane and on a

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side walk with co lored chalk

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in the rain, then I

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signed it in soap on my cracked

Fmaj7

win dow pane so your

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name won't fade a way.

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2.Did I

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ev er make you cry?

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Stick a

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pen cil in your eye?

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Did I

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once in sult your mom?

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Make you

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gro vel for a crumb?

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Did I

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steal what's in your purse?

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Did you

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e ver hear me curse?

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Then I

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can't sur mise what I

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did wrong. Won't you

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call me and tell me when you

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hear my song?

Dm

Be cause I

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carved your name in the stump

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of a tree and on a

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hunk of ma ple su

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gar can dy, called it

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in on a pro gram on late

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night Tee Vee, so your

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name will last for e

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ver. Then I

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wrote your name in fudge

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on a cake and on a

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leak y boat that I sank

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in a lake, then I

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signed it in sand on a beach

Fmaj7

with a rake, so your

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name will ling er on.

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3.From the

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hints I've late ly had

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I can

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see you're pret ty mad.

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Is it be

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cause I won't bow down

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and kiss your

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foot prints on the ground?

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Then be

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hold these things I've done,

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all my me

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mor ials to you, Hon.

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May be

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these great things will help

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you see what a

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mis con cep tion you've had

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a bout me.

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Yes I

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named a dead end road

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af ter you and a

Em

hol i day on May

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thir ty two, then I

D

carved your name in the sole

Gmaj7

of my shoe, so I'll

Em

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al ways have you near

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me. I

D

wrote your name in the sky

D

with a plane and on a

Em

-

side walk with col ored chalk

A7

in the rain, then I

D

signed it in soap on my cracked

Gmaj7

- -

win dow pane so your

Em

name will lin ger on.

A7

I

D

wrote your name in fudge

D

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on a cake and on a

Em

leak y boat that I sank

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in a lake...(fade)

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rit.