Rodney Crowell - Lucky

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Once upon a way back when
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Misery was my best friend
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Always running from a misspent youth
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Cold and empty as a pay phone booth
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I might have known a girl or two
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But nothing even close to you
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Anyone with eyes could see
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I’d had about enough of me

[Chorus]
C G C D
How many tiiiimes have – I heard myself say
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If I hadn’t got lucky – if I hadn’t had you on my side
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I wouldn’t be standing here today

[Verse 2]
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Before you came into my world
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I just couldn’t get my flag unfurled
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Any wind to find my sail
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Was moving me to no avail
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The thing about the man I was
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Lonely is as lonely does
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Every day a blinding blur
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That was just the ways things were

[Chorus]
C G C D
How many tiiiimes have – I heard myself say
G
If I hadn’t got lucky – if I hadn’t had you on my side
D G
I wouldn’t be standing here today

[Break]
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[Bridge]
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You never did try to tie me down
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And every last time I came unwound
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You didn’t try to tame or shame or frame or game or try to lay blame
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Whenever I was deep in doubt
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You let me find my own way out

[Verse 3]
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This is what it comes down to
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I learned to be myself with you
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Now and then I feel so good
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I could learn to live in Hollywood
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It’s not like we can change the world
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We’re just another boy and girl
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Growing old together on Sunday
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Going back to work on Monday

[Chorus]
C G C D
How many tiiiimes have – I heard myself say
G
If I hadn’t got lucky – if I hadn’t had you on my side
D G
I wouldn’t be standing here today

[Outro]
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If I hadn’t got lucky – if I hadn’t had you on my side
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I wouldn’t be standing here today