Intro
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Verse 1
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Hello Miss Lonesome, I see you’re back in town 
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It’s funny how I lose my mind when you come around 
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Papa thinks, that he knows you, Mama knows you more 
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She knows where to hide when you come knocking at the door 
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The King in his ca- stle, and the beggar on the stre - et 
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Miss Lonesome’s in the eyes of almost everyone you meet 
 
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Verse 2
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Longest night that ever did occur 
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Was when my darling said goodbye and took the boy with her 
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Now we all pick our poison, we dig our own graves 
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And Jesus is accountable for every soul he saves 
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There’s gold in the riv-er and diamonds in the m - i - nes 
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Miss Lonesome knows that they ain’t worth a drunkards lucky dime 
 
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Verse 3
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Hello Miss Lonesome, I see you’re back in town 
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It’s funny how I lose my mind when you come around 
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There’s gold in the riv-er and diamonds in the m - i - nes 
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Miss Lonesome knows that they ain’t worth a drunkards lucky dime 
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Miss Lonesome knows that they ain’t worth a drunkards lucky dime