| And I’m leaving you, woman
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| Well before I commit a crime, yeah
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| I’m leaving you, woman
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| Now before I commit a crime, yeah
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| You tried so hard to kill me, baby
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| But you know, it was not my time, yeah
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| You put poison in my coffee
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| Good Lord, instead of milk or cream
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| You put poison in my coffee, baby
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| Good Lord, instead of milk or cream
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| You’re the meanest woman, baby
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| Oh, that I’ve ever seen, yeah, yeah, yeah
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| You fix my drink
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| With a can of Red Devil lye
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| You fix my drink, baby
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| With a can of Red Devil lye
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| Then you sat right down
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| Watching me, hoping I might die
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| There’s talking of a dying
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| Not today, baby
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| Oh, ooh, don’t you hear me cry
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| Oh, ooh, don’t you hear me cry
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| Oh, ooh, don’t you hear me cry
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| Oh, ooh, don’t you hear me cry
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| Oh, ooh, don’t you hear me cry
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| Oh, ooh, don’t you hear me cry
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| Don’t you hear me cry
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| Ooh, don’t you hear me cry
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| Don’t you hear me cry
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| Ooh, don’t you hear me cry |