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	Current version of Lyle Lovett Lyrics Her First Mistake (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/l/lyle-lovett/her-first-mistake/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Lyle Lovett Lyrics Her First Mistake (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/l/lyle-lovett/her-first-mistake/v1....) Version 1 of the lyrics
	Once upon a time ago						Once upon a time ago
	Way up in the land of sleet and snow						Way up in the land of sleet and snow
	How this fairy tale would go						How this fairy tale would go
	I could not have known						I could not have known
1								1
	I had searched around this world so mean						I had searched around this world so mean
1	From Livingstone to Palestine						From Livingston to Palestine	1
	Trying to pursue my dream						Trying to pursue my dream
	Of love						Of love
2								2
	It was then I met this girl so fine						It was then I met this girl so fine
2	She made me think so fast I left my thought behind						She made me think so fast I	2
1							left my thoughts behind	1
	And I tried to pass for a sophisticated						And I tried to pass for a sophisticated
	Northern man						Northern man
3							I said why yes my dear I know	3
4	I said, "Why, yes my dear I know exactly what you mean						exactly what you mean	4
5	Because there’s not so much I haven’t done or seen						Because there's not so much I	5
2							haven't done or seen	2
	And may I say your eyes are the loveliest						And may I say your eyes are the loveliest
6	Shade of jade"						Shade of jade	6
7							I said come on baby	7
8	I said, "Come on baby						Come               on baby	8
9	Come on baby						Come on baby	9
10	Come on baby"						It was then I knew I had	10
11							made my first mistake	11
3	It was then I knew I had made my first mistake							3
	She did not even start to wait						She did not even start to wait
	And as she turned around to walk away						And as she turned around to walk away
	This is what she had to say						This is what she had to say
12							She told me man I come	12
13	She told me "Man, I come from way down South						from way down South	13
14	I’ve got a picket fence with a picket house						I've got a picket fence	14
15	And I don’t need no fast talking northern man						with a picket house	15
16	Like you around"						And I don't need no	16
17							fast-talking Northern man	17
18	I said, "Well, come on baby						Like you around	18
19	Come                   on baby						I said well come on baby	19
20	Come on baby"						Come on baby	20
21							Come on baby	21
22	Honey, I don’t know       what you just heard						Honey I don't know just what you       heard	22
	But Alabama is my favorite word						But Alabama is my favorite word
	And Birmingham						And Birmingham
	Is a long way from here						Is a long way from here
23							I could see her light began to shine	23
4	Why, I could see the light began to shine							4
	She turned back around her eyes met mine						She turned back around her eyes met mine
	And suddenly the whole world became						And suddenly the whole world became
	A better place						A better place
5								5
	Even if it was only for an instant						Even if it was only for an instant
	Because it was then I knew I had made my						Because it was then I knew I had made my
	Second mistake						Second mistake
24							She told me man that was a real good try	24
25	She told me, "Man that was a real good try						But Alabama's not where I reside	25
6	But Alabama’s not where I reside							6
	I come from where the river is wide						I come from where the river is wide
26	And the crawfish hide"						And the crawfish hide	26
27							I said well come on baby	27
28	I said, "Well come on baby						Come                     on baby	28
29	Come on baby						Come on baby	29
30	Come on baby"						Honey I don't know just what you heard	30
7								7
8	Honey, I don’t know what you just heard							8
	But Louisiana is my favorite word						But Louisiana is my favorite word
	And New Orleans						And New Orleans
	Is a long way from here						Is a long way from here
31							She just looked at me and	31
32	She just looked at me and shook her head						she                            shook her head	32
33	"Your lines are pretty sad" she said						Your lines are pretty sad she said	33
34	"You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man						You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man	34
35	If this is doing the best you can"						If this is doing the best you can	35
36							It was then I knew I had	36
37	It was then I knew I had made my third mistake						made my third mistake	37
38	Yes, three strikes right across the plate						Yes three strikes right across the plate	38
39	And as I hollered honey, "Please wait"						And as I hollered honey please wait	39
	She was gone						She was gone
40							I said well come on baby	40
41	I said, "Well come on baby						Come                     on baby	41
	Come on baby						Come on baby
42	Come on baby"						Honey I don't know just what you heard	42
43							Bartender set 'em up are	43
44	Honey, I don’t know what you just heard						my favorite words	44
9	Bartender set ’em up are my favorite words							9
	Because the love I need						Because the love I need
	Is a long way from here						Is a long way from here
10								10
	Oh the love I need						Oh the love I need
	Is a long way from here						Is a long way from here
45							Yes well there I sat so all alone	45
11	Yes well, there I sat so all alone							11
	Like a king who sits upon his throne						Like a king who sits upon his throne
	And whose kingdom may have just gone home						And whose kingdom may have just gone home
	With another kingdom						With another kingdom
12								12
	So as you can imagine much to my surprise						So as you can imagine much to my surprise
	When the door was flung back open wide						When the door was flung back open wide
46	It was a miracle, she walked inside						It was a miracle	46
3							She walked inside	3
	And pulled her chair up next to me						And pulled her chair up next to me
47							And that's when she knew	47
13	And that’s when she knew							13
	She had made her						She had made her
	First mistake						First mistake
48							Honey I don't know just what you heard	48
49	Well honey, I don’t know what you just heard						But come on baby	49
50	But come on baby are my favorite words						Are                      my favorite words	50
51	And where we’re going						And where we're going	51
	Is a long way from here						Is a long way from here
52							And where we're going to	52
14	And where we’re going to							14
	Is a long way from here						Is a long way from here
53							So like I said before	53
54	So like I said before, I could not have known						I could not have known	54
	How this fairy tale would finally go						How this fairy tale would finally go
	Still the only certain thing for sure						Still the only certain thing for sure
	Is what I do not know						Is what I do not know
55							So like the years and all	55
56	So like the years and all the seasons pass						the seasons pass	56
57	And like the sand runs through the hour glass						And like the sand runs	57
58	I just keep on running faster, chasing the happily						through                                            the hour glass	58
4							I just keep on running faster	4
5							Chasing the happily	5
	I am ever after						I am ever after
15								15
	I just keep on running faster						I just keep on running faster
	Chasing the happily						Chasing the happily
	I am ever after						I am ever after

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