I'd Sing The Harmonies And Dixie Sang The Melody
And We Sing A Little Off Key Sometimes
But We Had Some Fun, Son Of A Gun
I Wonder If I Ever Even Cross Her Mind

Then She Ran Away With Billy Bovine
He Was A Flat Top Guitar Pickin' Friend O' Mine
And Now I'm Just Sittin' Home Just Countin' The Stars
I Got Close But No Guitar

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I Got Close But No Guitar
She Was A Shooting Star
Who Ran Off With A Guitar Pickin' Friend O' Mine
She's Really On Her Way
I Hear Her Records Every Day
I Got Close But No Guitar

I Still Play Piano Bars, Still Drive That Same Ol' Car
I Live In That Little Shack In Tupelo
Dixie Is The Queen Of Billboard Magazine
Playin' 'cross The Country Doin' One Night Shows

A Man Walks Up With A Dollar In His Hand
Says Let Me Hear The Song By Dixie And The Guitar Man
And As The Dollar Falls To The Bottom Of My Jar
I Get Close But No Guitar

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