Intro
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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash 
 
Verse 1
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Well, the pigeons ate the wedding rice 
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And exploded somewhere over San Anto - nio 
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I picked up the newlyweds and asked them where they wanted to go 
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They said "We don't care, we don't know, anywhere, just go" 
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Ever since I'd gotten married 
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I started working weddings, driving this long white limo 
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They'd had their ceremony in Bracketville at that phony Alamo 
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We were 30 miles from the border of Mexico 
 
Verse 2
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Well, they're in the back laughing about some uncle named Jack 
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Who got too drunk, and during his speech 
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The tears started to flow 
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Well, they seemed like a match 
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So I stopped looking for cracks in their road, and just drove 
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Outside of Concan, the groom noticed the gold band on my left hand 
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And said "You got any advice for us, old man?" 
 
Verse 3
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Well, I thought for a mile, as I drove with a smile 
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Then I said when you are dating, you only see each other 
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And the rest of us can go to hell 
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But when you are married, you're married to the whole wide world 
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 The rich, the poor 
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 The sick and the well 
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 The straights, and the gays 
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And the people who say we don't use these terms these days 
 
Verse 4
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The salt and the soil 
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 After I'd said my piece 
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We drove on in silence for a spell 
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How my words had gone over, I couldn't tell 
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 Potent advice or preachy as hell 
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But when I see people about to marry 
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I become something of a plenipotentiary 
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 I just think it's good as you probably can tell 
 
Verse 5
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When two atoms from the Big Bang 
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Get back together with the old gang 
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 I dropped them at a fancy dancy boutique hotel 
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And I drive off alone, but I'm not alone 
 
Outro
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 Sincerely, L Cohen