Jim Croce - Five Short Minutes

verse 1
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well she was standing by my dressing room
after the show asking for my autograph and
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asked if she could go back to my motel room
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but the rest is just a tragic tale
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because five short minutes of love
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will cost me twenty long years in jail
verse 2
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well like a fool in a hurry i took her to my room
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she casted me in plaster while i sang her a tune
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then i said ooh ooee sure was a tragic tale
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because five short minutes of lovin
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done brought me twenty long years in jail
verse 3
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well then a judge and a jury sat me in a room
they say that robbin the cradle
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is worse than robbin the tomb
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then i said ooh ooee sure was a tragic tale
( wasnt worth it , wasnt worth it )
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because five short minutes of love
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will cost me twenty long years in jail
verse 4
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when i get out of this prison gonna be forty five
ill know that i used to like to do it
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but i wont remember why
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ill say ooh ooee sure was a tragic tale
( wasnt worth it , wasnt worth it )
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because five short minutes of love
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will cost me twenty long years in jail
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because five short minutes of love
D7 A
will cost me twenty long years in jail